Category Archives: Local News
Pekin man awaits sentencing for 2021 murder
PEKIN, Ill. - A 69-year-old Pekin man convicted of fatally shooting his wife in 2021 is awaiting sentencing in September. On May 17, 2021, Tracie Turnbow, who was 59, was found with gunshot wounds and...
Jul 18, 2024 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Dunlap Schools approves new training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - Dunlap athletes will soon have plenty of space to play, after the Dunlap School Board approved a new sports training facility that will be built near the middle and high schools, costin...
Jul 18, 2024 (Dunlap School District)
On party infighting, Illinois' new GOP chair says 'start calling those people out'
MILWAUKEE (Capitol News Illinois) - In the parlance of Washington D.C. Republican strategists, deep-blue Illinois is sometimes referred to as an "orphan" state - along with other Democratic stronghold...
Jul 17, 2024 Incoming Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi receives applause on Wednesday during the Illinois delegation’s breakfast prior to Republican National Convention programming in Milwaukee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One Peoria event helps parents and their children prepare for new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - The new school year is around the corner, and a pair of state legislators are helping Peoria families get ready. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth and State Senator Dave Koehler h...
Jul 17, 2024 State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) helps a child try on a new backpack at the One Peoria event on July 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ameren expects power fully restored by Thursday night
UPDATED 7/18 10:05 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Ameren says customers still in the dark after Monday night's storms should be back online by Thursday night. The utility says some customers should be back onlin...
Jul 17, 2024 (Ameren Illinois)
Arson destroys S. Peoria home early Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is the cause of a fire that destroyed a South Peoria home early Wednesday morning. Peoria firefighters were called to a story-and-a-half home on W. Arlington around 4:5...
Jul 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Co. Sheriff: 14-year-old was running from police before he drowned
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has released new information about the drowning death of 14-year-old Leron Griffin. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says during the course of an i...
Jul 17, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Accident on I-74 leads to large spill near Knoxville Avenue exit
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department says one person was injured after a crash involving two semis and a passenger vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Hascall says it happe...
Jul 17, 2024 An accident involving two semis and a passenger vehicle Tuesday afternoon left a large spill on eastbound I-74 near the Knoxville Avenue exit.
(25 News)
UPDATE: Multiple tornadoes in Monday night's storm confirmed
UPDATED 3:49 P.M. The National Weather Service says multiple tornadoes touched down Monday night in Peoria County, in addition to the one in Tazewell County. Both twisters were rated EF-0. The first s...
Jul 17, 2024 Trees and power lines are down in East Peoria at Clover Avenue and Bloomington Road, after storms with strong winds left destructive damage and power outages across central Illinois. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Republicans urged to look beyond traditional base as national party courts unions
MILWAUKEE (Capitol News Illinois) - A former Republican congressman from New York told Illinois Republicans Tuesday that to win more elections in their deeply blue state, they need to reach beyond the...
Jul 16, 2024 U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, holds a rare media availability Tuesday at the Illinois delegation’s breakfast prior to Republican National Convention activities. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
