Category Archives: Local News
Trump endorses Bailey in GOP primary just days ahead of vote counting
MENDON, Ill. -- One of the Republican front runners for the gubernatorial primary race in Illinois has earned a potentially controversial endorsement this weekend. During a rally at the fairgrounds in...
Cooper Banks Jun 26, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
TAPS seeing increase in pet returns
PEKIN, Ill. -- For years, TAPS (Tazewell Animal Protective Society) in Pekin has been finding new homes for pets that are brought to their shelter. But, recently, they've seen a significant increase i...
Julia Bradley Jun 25, 2022 Brian Kelly / CC
Canton to 'Light the Night Blue' for slain Deputy Troy Chisum
CANTON, Ill. -- Killed in the line of duty, a Fulton County community is still mourning the death of Deputy Troy Chisum. On Saturday, three years later his family is 'Lighting the Night Blue' in his h...
Julia Bradley Jun 25, 2022 (25 News)
PPD makes arrest in connection with March homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police, along with U.S. Marshals, arrested a man Friday for the shooting death of 40-year-old Timothy Foreman Jr. According to a release from the PPD, officers located 22-year-o...
Julia Bradley Jun 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Planned Parenthood of Illinois angry over abortion ruling
CHICAGO, Ill. - Planned Parenthood of Illinois is, in the organization's words, "furious" over the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe versus Wade. The organization's CEO, Jennifer Welch, says sinc...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2022 (Planned Parenthood of Illinois)
Peoria Catholic Diocese reacts to Roe v. Wade decision
PEORIA, Ill. - There's more work to be done. That's what Catholic Diocese of Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka says on Friday's Roe versus Wade-related decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tylka describes life...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2022 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via YouTube)
Luft, Stoller, Godron-Booth react to Roe v. Wade ruling
UPDATED 2:21 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Some of the area's local representatives in Springfield are, so far, praising the Supreme Court's decision on Roe versus Wade, effectively turning the matter back to s...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IL reps in Washington react to Roe v. Wade decision
UPDATED 2:11 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local representatives in Congress are reacting to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe Versus Wade. 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-East Moline...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker calls for special session following reversal of Roe v. Wade
UPDATED 1:55 p.m. CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he's standing up for reproductive rights following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe versus Wade. Pritzker says he saw this r...
Julia Bradley Jun 24, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Illinois increasing MAP grant funding for students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is highlighting a big increase in college MAP grant funding that will help as many as 155,000 students. $601 million in grants will be a...
Julia Bradley Jun 24, 2022 COD Newsroom / CC