Category Archives: Local News
Pekin Insurance 'restructuring' as part of a 'strategic initiative'
PEKIN, Ill. - They're calling it focusing on a "strategic initiative." Pekin Insurance says they're restructuring the company so that it focuses more on Commercial and Life Insurance. This, as they sa...
Oct 03, 2023 (Pekin Insurance)
LaHood opposed, Sorensen in favor, of McCarthy's departure as House Speaker. Read their full statements here
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One did, one didn't. Among area Congressmen and Tuesday's vote to oust Congressman Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker's job, 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen voted for the ouste...
Oct 03, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
High school students explore manufacturing careers in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Students from across central Illinois spent their Tuesday morning getting an up close look at what a future career could look like for them. It's part of the Discover Manufacturing Care...
Oct 03, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'This is only a test:' National emergency alert tests to be sent to radio, TV, cell phones Wednesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Your cell phone and your radio might set off an alarm Wednesday, but it's only a test. FEMA says it and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a national Emergency Alert...
Oct 03, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Multiple charges for driver of vehicle that crashed into Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning
GOODFIELD, Ill. - No one was injured after a vehicle crashed into a Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning along Interstate 74. Illinois State Police says troopers were responding to a vehicl...
Oct 03, 2023 Midwest Communications
Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivals
(Capitol News Illinois) - As Chicago prepares for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border this week, Gov. JB Pritzker is once again publicly pressur...
Oct 03, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Two injured after Tuesday afternoon shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after a shooting this afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police officers responded to Starr and Westmoreland just before 1:15 P.M. after...
Oct 03, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ray Estrada ends candidacy for 17th Congressional District seat
GALESBURG, Ill. - The only declared challenger so far in the 17th Congressional District race next year is ending his campaign. Ray Estrada (R-Galesburg) announced Tuesday that he is postponing his ca...
Oct 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Estrada Global Foundation)
ISP seeks help investigating crash and anhydrous ammonia leak in Southern IL
TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. - The Illinois State Police is asking for the public's help in finding a vehicle that may have been involved in a September 29th crash near Teutopolis that left five people dead and s...
Oct 03, 2023 (Illinois State Police)--Still photo from a video at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in Teutopolis, Illinois September 29.
EV maker Rivian beats quarterly delivery estimates after raising production
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Monday reported third-quarter deliveries above market expectations, as it ramped up production to meet a sustained demand for its p...
Oct 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian R1T electric truck is seen outside Munro & Associates headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
