Category Archives: Local News
More than 50 years in prison for man convicted of murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who strangled his girlfriend to death then left her in a burning home will go to prison for the next half-century. A judge Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Tahir Goodman to 5...
Nov 16, 2023 Tahir Goodman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
16-year-old to be tried as adult for Manual High School student shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - The teen who allegedly shot a Manual High School student on his way to school last week will be tried as an adult. In fact, the Peoria County State's Attorney's office says Thursday the...
Nov 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Illinois Commerce Commission cuts in half Ameren's natural gas rate hike request
UPDATED 4:46 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Ameren won't be getting the natural gate rate hike it wanted. The Illinois Commerce Commission says it denied Ameren a $71.6 million increase in natural gas deliv...
Nov 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington resident recalls tornado ten years ago
WASHINGTON, Ill. - November 17th, 2013 is a day Central Illinois won't forget. That's when an EF-4 tornado hit Washington, Pekin, East Peoria and surrounding communities. Jenn Schrock-Smith recalls it...
Nov 16, 2023 In November 2013, the Smith family of Washington, Illinois, stands outside in the snow where their home once stood before an EF-4 tornado struck their town. (Courtesy of Jenn Schrock-Smith)
Stark County man faces Child Porn charges from IL Attorney General
CHICAGO - The Illinois Attorney General's Office is filing charges against a Stark County man after he allegedly was caught with child pornography. Attorney General Kwame Raoul says Matthew Shipp, 19 ...
Nov 16, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Two hurt in early morning Farmington fire
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Two people were hurt and a home was damaged by an early morning fire in Farmington Thursday. Farmington fire says the response brought mutual aid from four other departments. Two pe...
Nov 16, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATED: Peoria High football team forced to forfeit wins. Here's what we know
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Residency requirements is what's being cited in the Peoria High football team forfeiting seven wins from the 2023 season. Illinois High School Association Executive Di...
Nov 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington Panthers football team one game away from state championship
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The road to Normal for the Washington Community High School football team makes one more stop at home this weekend. The Panthers will host 10-time and defending Class 6A state champ...
Nov 15, 2023 Darrell Crouch, Washington High School Football Coach. (25 News)
State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether it is constitutional to impose lifetime restrictions on where a person can live after they've been convicted ...
Nov 15, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Police Chief: Teens arrested, one in connection with recent shootings near Manual High School. Here's what we know
UPDATED 6:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One search warrant led to two arrests by Peoria Police Wednesday afternoon at a home, with at least one arrest in connection to recent shootings at Peoria Manual High ...
Nov 15, 2023 This house on West Nebraska, near University, was searched by Peoria Police Wednesday in connection with an investigation into a shooting Tuesday in the area of Manual High School. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
