Category Archives: Local News
Rivian rolls 100,000th vehicle off the line in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive has rolled its 100,000th vehicle off the production line in Normal, Illinois. The news comes just days after the electric vehicle maker announced nearly 14,000 EVs we...
Apr 4, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Lawmakers question Pritzker's plan for new early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to consolidate the state's early childhood programs into one new cabinet-level agency ran into tough questions this week during a Ho...
Apr 3, 2024 WHALEN: Ann Whalen, the early childhood transition director for Gov. JB Pritzker, testifies before a House budget committee about a plan to create a new state Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria Chiefs starts 2024 season this weekend on road, home opener on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The boys of summer will soon take the field at Dozer Park in downtown Peoria. The 2024 season for the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinal...
Apr 3, 2024 Members of the Peoria Chiefs warmup before a workout at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating man shot early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after a man was shot early Wednesday morning. Officers responded at around 3:30 A.M. to a call regarding a person shot and taken to a local hospital via ...
Apr 3, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Center for Prevention of Abuse helping to raise awareness about child abuse and prevention all month
PEORIA, Ill. - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And, preventing that abuse, whether sexual or otherwise, is part of the mission of Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse. "January through the e...
Apr 3, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal civil rights lawsuit against Peoria and Peoria County by heirs of Cleve Heidelberg dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal court has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Peoria and Peoria County, along with numerous former police officers and prosecutors, relating to the conviction...
Apr 3, 2024 courtroom gavel
East Peoria approves $122 million budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $122 million budget for fiscal year 2025. Some of the largest appropriated expenses in that budget are for t...
Apr 3, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After two members of the state's Prisoner Review Board resigned last week following the release of a prisoner who then stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed ...
Apr 2, 2024 PRB: Prisoner Review Board members (left to right) Julie Globokar, Darryldean Goff, Matthew Coates and Jeffrey Grubbs are pictured at the board’s March 28 meeting in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Man charged in March stabbing death at Peoria apartment complex indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in Peoria's fourth homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 61-year-old Josef Viel was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge and a Murder charge Tuesda...
Apr 2, 2024 Josef Viel Mugshot (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington set to approve FY25 spending plan that includes multiple road projects
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is set to approve one of the biggest spending plans it has ever had. The fiscal year 2025 budget received a first reading at Monday's City Council meeting, an...
Apr 2, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
