Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Peoria County Auditor's bid to stay in office
PEORIA, Ill. - The latest attempt by ousted Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas to stay in office until what would have been the end of her term has been denied. 25 News reports the Illinois Supreme ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Peoria County)
Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before the...
Nov 02, 2023 Gregory Magnuson, an Illinois resident, testifies at a public hearing Thursday in Springfield in opposition to proposed rules that would require owners of certain kinds of firearms to register them with the Illinois State Police to be able to legally keep them. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
PPS teacher accused of not reporting child sex abuse
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Public Schools teacher faces a court date after she allegedly failed to report child sexual abuse. Jennifer Cummins, 40, was arrested Tuesday, and released from jail with a not...
Nov 02, 2023 Jennifer Cummins (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Scholarship tax credit program among issues still on the table with 3 legislative days remaining
(Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers will return to Springfield next week for the second half of their fall veto session, giving advocates of a tax credit program for private school scholarships one la...
Nov 02, 2023 A yard sign urging Illinoisans to contact their legislators to save the “Invest in Kids” private school scholarship program is pictured in Chicago last month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Juvenile suffers non-life threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning. Peoria Police says officers were dispatched to a local hospital just after 1:00 A.M. o...
Nov 02, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Bradley athletic director reflects on his time as an Indiana basketball player under Bob Knight
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Bob Knight's former players at Indiana says the coach's lasting impact was the compassion he had for his Hoosier players. Knight, who coached the Indiana mens' basketball team fr...
Nov 02, 2023 (Knight Legacy)
Power strip blamed for fire in Peoria's Averyville area
PEORIA, Ill. - A warning about how you use power strips. Peoria Fire says one that was overloaded in a second-floor bedroom caused a fire near Homestead and Madison Avenues in Averyville at 6:50 a.m. ...
Nov 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Concerns continue over planned Bradley University budget cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Concerns remain over a promised thirteen percent in cuts planned to be made to the operating budget at Bradley University, months after the cuts were first announced amid financial and ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Bradley University)
Fire department funding still a concern on Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - As talks in the Peoria City Council continue over the next city budget, there's one seemingly usual sticking point that's making a comeback: Fire Department staffing. There's no full-ti...
Nov 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Deputy Police Chief to get top job in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The man leaving the job as Chief of the Pekin Police Department has officially named his successor. That's because Chief John Dossey is also City Manager, and will take on that role perm...
Nov 01, 2023 Deputy Chief Seth Ranney becomes Police Chief on Sunday, November 5. (City of Pekin)
