Category Archives: Local News
State regulators once again flex muscle in rejecting utilities' grid plans, lessening rate hikes
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday curtailed proposed rate hikes and rejected grid plans from two major electric utilities, mirroring a series of bombshell ...
Dec 15, 2023 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott is pictured at a packed meeting in Chicago on Thursday as he reads a decision that will limit spending by two major electric utilities. The agency rejected grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
AT&T to buy Rivian electric vehicles in pilot deal to cut cost, emissions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier AT&T will purchase some electric vehicles from startup Rivian in a pilot program to evaluate ways to reduce cost, cut carbon emissions and improve s...
Dec 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
UPDATE: Guilty plea of Stephanie Jones cannot be evidence in murder trial of Brandon Walker
UPDATED: 12/15 9:42 a.m. On Friday morning, Peoria County Court Judge John Vespa ruled that 37-year-old Stephanie Jones' guilty plea to first-degree murder charges for the death of her 8-year-old son ...
Dec 14, 2023 Stephanie Jones, takes an oath Thursday prior to asserting a Fifth Amendment privilege at the trial of Brandon Walker, charged with murder. Walker is seen with his back to the camera. (Andy Kravetz/Pool Photo)
State public health officials looking to slow spread of respiratory viruses as cases rise
CHICAGO, Ill. - The state of Illinois is asking healthcare facilities to ramp up efforts to mitigate respiratory viruses as cases increase. Data from the Center for Disease Control's COVID Data Tracke...
Dec 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons ban as full legal challenges progress
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois' assault weapons ban while challenges to the law are sti...
Dec 14, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions at a news conference Thursday in Springfield. Pritzker said he believes Illinois' assault weapons ban is constitutional as gun rights advocates prepare to challenge the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Students across Illinois spend Thursday morning with Peoria Rivermen for Education Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Carver Arena became a classroom for kindergarten through high school students across Illinois on Thursday morning. The Peoria Rivermen hosted its 4th Education Day game in a battle agai...
Dec 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Navin Jones' mother pleads the fifth instead of testifying against boyfriend in murder trial
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of eight-year-old Navin Jones was supposed to testify in the trial of her boyfriend, but she won't. Stephanie Jones, 37, - who pleaded guilty to murder last week as part of a...
Dec 14, 2023 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pair arrested for stealing vehicle at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car from the Peoria International Airport. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says 18-year-old Jamar Deese and a 16-year-old...
Dec 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Fire causes $25k damage to Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire Wednesday night in Peoria is under investigation. Crews were called just after 8 p.m. to a home on W. Marquette Street, near S. Stanley, finding smoke and flames com...
Dec 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria City Council delays potential changes to rules for AirBnB's operating in the city
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council will need a little more time to discuss changes to policies relating to AirBnB's in the city. A nearly hour-long discussion on the topic at Tuesday's meeting was...
Dec 13, 2023 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
