Category Archives: Local News
Car engulfed in flames shuts down Rt. 24/Pfeiffer Rd. in Bartonville
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A vehicle engulfed in fire shut down the northbound lanes of Rt. 24 and Pfeiffer Road in Bartonville early Thursday morning. Emergency crews responded to the fire near Liberty Stee...
Sep 21, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)--IDOT Camera photo.
Shots fired in Peoria's North Valley
PEORIA, Ill. - Sounds of gunfire rattled a neighborhood in Peoria's North Valley early Wednesday night. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says that officers responded to the area of Vine Street and NE R...
Sep 21, 2023 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Durbin, other Democrats and Republicans want to change the credit card 'swipe fee' system. Here's how
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than $93 billion.. That's what Illinois Senior U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says consumers and merchants paid largely to Visa and Mastercard last year in credit card fees. Durbin a...
Sep 20, 2023 Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Sen. Dick Durbin via Facebook)
As SAFE-T Act goes live, murder suspects previously eligible to post bond are held in jail
(Capitol News Illinois) - In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial...
Sep 20, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Former Illinois State Police trooper who pleaded guilty in relation to deadly crash postpones hearing
(Capitol News Illinois) - Matt Mitchell, the former Illinois State Police trooper who caused a high-speed, distracted-driving crash that killed sisters Kelli and Jessica Uhl, has asked to delay his Se...
Sep 20, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Sorensen releases sweeping proposal he says will help middle-class Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen says he and members of a House caucus have worked on legislation that he believes will save consumers money while holding some businesses acc...
Sep 20, 2023 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-East Moline) speaks in Washington to reporters via Zoom. (Rep. Eric Sorensen via Zoom)
Peoria man convicted of killing girlfriend, setting home on fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been convicted of charges accusing him of killing his girlfriend, then leaving her in a burning home. Court records indicate a jury Wednesday convicted Tahir Goodman, 2...
Sep 20, 2023 Tahir Goodman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
UPDATE: Washington mayor announces candidacy for State Senate next year
UPDATED 7:04 P.M. WASHINGTON, Ill. - A central Illinois mayor is looking to win a seat in Springfield. Gary Manier has announced his candidacy as a Republican for the 53rd State Senate. The race will ...
Sep 20, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
More charges filed against alleged gas station sales tax swindlers. Here are the latest details
UPDATED 2:41 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The investigation into three people accused of helping to underreport sales tax revenue at seven Peoria gas stations they owned goes much further than that. Illin...
Sep 20, 2023 This Shell gas station was one of several in the Peoria area closed for a criminal investigation on August 3, 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New mini-golf and family entertainment center coming to East Peoria next year. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:59 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new family entertainment center that's being described as "puttertainment" is coming to East Peoria. "The Putt Club" is currently under construction near Bass P...
Sep 20, 2023 Construction on "The Putt Club" continues on land near Bass Pro Shops in East Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
