Category Archives: Local News
Peoria woman sentenced for March 2023 stabbing death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has learned her fate after pleading guilty to the stabbing death of her boyfriend last year. Heaven Kruzan was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday. She could have f...
Jun 28, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Mail-In ballot tracker coming to Tazewell County ahead of November election
PEKIN, Ill. - A new vote-by-mail service will give Tazewell County voters the ability to track their vote once it's mailed in. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the county has contracted with K...
Jun 28, 2024 joaquincorbalan / Depositphotos.com
Mission of Mercy offering free dental care at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Mission of Mercy is providing a free dental clinic Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Organizers of the event say the goal is to provide dental care for people...
Jun 28, 2024 Mission of Mercy dental volunteers with a young patient. The free dental clinic will be set up Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. (Illinois State Dental Society Foundation)
Peoria mayor looks ahead in annual State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. - For Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, the best is yet to come for the city. The sentiment was the theme of her annual State of the City address Thursday night, held at Haven on the Farm in the nor...
Jun 27, 2024 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali gives the State of the City address on June 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Liquor license for proposed new Highly Flavored location delayed by Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of Highly Flavored will have to wait another couple weeks before learning whether he can serve alcohol at the restaurant's proposed new location in downtown Peoria. Highly Fla...
Jun 27, 2024 Twin Towers Mall. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Garage a total loss after Thursday fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators believe arson is the cause of a fire in Peoria Thursday that left a garage as a total loss. Peoria Fire responded before noon to the area of Knoxville and Briarwood Court....
Jun 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state's tech industry, including an incentives package - backed by $500 million in the state budget - aimed at maki...
Jun 27, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a package of economic development legislation into law, surrounded by lawmakers, business leaders and representatives of organized labor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rivermen extend Coach Trudel and Assistant Coach Levine's contracts for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen hockey team announced on Thursday that they have extended head coach Jean-Guy Trudel and assistant coach Eric Levine's contracts through the 2024-25 season. "We are ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
Man sentenced for firing gun that led to fatal pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend 15 years behind bars after being convicted of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in a case that led to a fatal pedestrian cr...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
SCOTUS ruling could upend federal corruption cases for Madigan, allies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the scope of a federal bribery law prosecutors have relied on in their cases against former Illinois House Spea...
Jun 27, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that could affect several of the bribery charges he is currently facing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
