Category Archives: Local News
Proponents drop push to give downstate utilities dibs on new transmission lines
(Capitol News Illinois) - With billions of dollars of construction projects on the line, Ameren Illinois and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been vying to secure first rights ...
Oct 26, 2023 Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, speaks to reporters alongside representatives of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ameren Illinois and other proponents of giving utilities the right of first refusal for new electricity transmission line construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois Commerce Commission employees recommend denial of proposed CO2 pipeline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Carbon dioxide storage pipeline that would pass through the tri-county area would not come at all, if some experts at the Illinois Commerce Commission had their way. In a documen...
Oct 25, 2023 (25 News)
Pekin Insurance confirms layoffs, doesn't say how many, amid restructuring
PEKIN, Ill. - They call it a "small percentage" of employees being laid off. Pekin Insurance is now confirming that they have made some layoffs as it focuses on what it calls in a news release "more p...
Oct 25, 2023 (Pekin Insurance)
LaHood, Democrats react to pick of Louisiana's Johnson has House Speaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A local Congressman says he's happy with the newest pick for Speaker of the House. Not long after the vote to elect Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson speaker, Republican Darin LaHood said...
Oct 25, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
CEO out at Busey Bank
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A bank based in Champaign but with a presence in Peoria has a now-former leader. The parent company of Busey Bank says, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that ...
Oct 25, 2023 (Busey Bank)
UPDATED: PPS school bus involved in head-on crash in Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. One person was taken to a local hospital after suffering injuries in a three vehicle accident involving a school bus this (Wednesday) morning. The Peoria Fire Department says there w...
Oct 25, 2023 A crash at the intersection of Knoxville and McClure in Peoria Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy White).
UPDATED: Peoria's water system won't be going public
UPDATED 12:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria won't own the water system at least for the next five years following city council action Tuesday night. The council voted 7-4 to stay with the sta...
Oct 25, 2023 Illinois American Water
Pritzker proposes creation of new standalone early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state's ea...
Oct 24, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker announces his intention to create a new state agency to oversee early childhood education programs, combining functions currently managed by three state agencies. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Jewish Federation of Peoria leaders talks about how people locally can support those in Israel
PEORIA, Ill. - Around this time last year, the Peoria Riverfront Museum hosted an event titled "Women Leading a Dialogue." It featured women from Israel of Jewish and Muslim faiths talking about livin...
Oct 24, 2023 The Jewish Federation of Peoria is asking the community to wear these blue ribbons in support of the people of Israel. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sources: Pekin Insurance is laying off employees, likely as part of 'restructuring.' Here's what we know
PEKIN, Ill. - Job losses are apparently the next part of what was called earlier this month a "strategic initiative" at a large Tazewell County employer. Sources are telling WMBD Radio News Pekin Insu...
Oct 24, 2023 Pekin Insurance corporate headquarters (Source: www.pekininsurance.com)
