Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker signs health insurance reform measures
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Wednesday that puts new controls on the state's health insurance industry, including bans on certain practices companies...
Jul 10, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker holds up a pair of bills that were part of the Healthcare Protection Act, which he signed into law Wednesday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Pritzker first outlined the insurance changes in his State of the State address in February. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
UPDATE: Man arrested for attempted murder for shooting in the East Bluff
UPDATED 7/11 5:20 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is in stable condition after police say she was shot in the back Wednesday afternoon in Peoria's East Bluff. She was taken to a hospital with serious inju...
Jul 10, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man jailed on multiple gun charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a man on multiple weapons charges after a traffic stop early Wednesday morning. Officers stopped a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Cartel Barnett in the area of Uni...
Jul 10, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal grant will pay for more electric buses for CityLink
PEORIA, Ill. - The federal government is spending nearly $15 million on electric buses for Peoria's public transit system. Battery-powered electric buses will replace the Greater Peoria Mass Transit D...
Jul 10, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Former GOP state lawmaker, candidate for governor sentenced to 42 months in prison
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Republican State Sen. Sam McCann on Tuesday was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $700,000 in campaign funds and attempting to c...
Jul 10, 2024 MCCANN: Former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Springfield on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Peoria city council delays Highly Flavored liquor license vote for a second time
PEORIA, Ill. - The wait will be even longer now for a decision on a liquor license for Highly Flavored's proposed move to downtown Peoria's Twin Towers. Two weeks ago, city council deferred action on ...
Jul 9, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker 'all in' for Biden following visit to White House last week
Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he is "all in" for President Joe Biden after visiting the White House last week with other Democratic governors. He headed to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president...
Jul 9, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker tells reporters he is “all in” for President Joe Biden at an unrelated news conference in Chicago on Tuesday. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Three new programs at Illinois Central College to address job gaps in region
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College will introduce three new program offerings for the fall semester, with the intent to help address gaps in employment in the region. The new programs announced b...
Jul 9, 2024 Illinois Central College President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey announces three new programs to start in the fall of 2024, at a press conference on July 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tentative deal reached between Morton District #709 and teachers union
MORTON, Ill. - A tentative deal for a new contract has reportedly been reached between Morton School District #709 and its teachers union. In a joint statement from the district and the Morton Educati...
Jul 9, 2024 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Pekin waives taxes for some small home-based businesses
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin City Council solidified its decision Monday night to waive taxing people wanting to sell food and beverages out of their homes. The original motion, put before the council in M...
Jul 9, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
