Category Archives: Local News
Two fires in eight hours in Peoria; one home destroyed
PEORIA, Ill. - One home is destroyed, and one home is damaged, after two fires in an eight-hour period in Peoria, ending early Saturday morning. Peoria firefighters responded to one that officials say...
Sep 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mogul Byron Allen makes $10 billion bid for Disney's ABC, other networks
(Reuters) -Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has made a $10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney's ABC television network and assets including the FX and National Geographic cable channels, a spokesperson for ...
Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: Illinois eliminates cash bail system Monday
Updated 6:24 a.m. 9/18 CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois becomes the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail under a new law that takes effect on Monday. This controversial new policy continues to ra...
Sep 15, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court chamber is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Senior citizens learn emergency preparedness at presentation in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - While most people should be prepared for emergency situations such as weather or natural disasters, how everyone approaches it may be different. A presentation held Friday in Pekin betwe...
Sep 15, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
High school students learn about agricultural career opportunities at Illinois Central College expo
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - More than 400 high school students learned about what opportunities are available to them in the agriculture industry and more. Illinois Central College's 5th annual Agriculture, D...
Sep 15, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman arrested in Fulton County for August homicide
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - An arrest has been made more than a month after a man was found dead in his home in Fulton County. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says Kelly Bradbury, 42, of Beardstown wa...
Sep 15, 2023 Kelly Bradbury (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Sheriffs Department)
One arrested, two more sought, after East Bluff-area carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman was arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected carjacking Thursday night. Peoria Police say they were alerted to a potential robbery near Knoxville and Pennsyl...
Sep 15, 2023 Dallas Debattista (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Still misconceptions as 'cashless bail' takes effect Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Many thought it started already when the Illinois Supreme Court ruled the "cashless bail" provisions of the state's SAFE-T Act could be implemented. It hasn't, but will on Monday. That'...
Sep 15, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Peoria's 182nd to get new, upgraded C-130's
UPDATED 8:48 A.M. 9/15 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Air National Guard base is one of four nationwide that will receive upgraded C-130 aircraft. That's according to the Air Force, announcing Thursday Peori...
Sep 14, 2023 A C-130 Hercules from the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, flies over the state of Wyoming in appreciation for essential personnel on the front lines of COVID-19 on May 15, 2020. Cheyenne, Wyo. The flight was comprised of 2 C-130 Hercules aircrafts and the route included 35 hospitals and clinics throughout the state with only two of those being diverted due to inclement weather. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Alderman)
Local Congressman to union auto workers: 'I got your back'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the clock ticks down in Detroit to a potential at least partial strike against the Big Three automakers, one local Congressman says to union members, "I got your back." That's 17...
Sep 14, 2023 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-East Moline) speaks Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives. (U.S. House of Representatives via Rep. Ric Sorensen)
