Category Archives: Local News
Illinois governor announces funding for food banks across state in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Food banks in Illinois will have more power to buy food that helps serve needs better in their area, as well as supporting those farmers and food producers who provide. Governor J.B. Pr...
Mar 5, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announces funding for 15 food banks across the state at a press conference on March 5th, 2024 at Midwest Food Bank in Morton. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty in federal court to fraud scheme
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges accusing him of being a part of what federal prosecutors call a "wide-ranging fraud scheme." Federal court records indicate Chad Campen, 3...
Mar 5, 2024 Chad Campen (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
National Weather Service provides tips to be safe in severe weather during Severe Weather Preparedness Week
LINCOLN, Ill. - As springtime returns to central Illinois, so does the increased risk of severe weather in the area. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. National Weather Service Meteorologi...
Mar 5, 2024 Homes on a Washington, Illinois street lay in ruins after the Nov. 17 tornado that destroyed hundreds of homes in 2013. (Courtesy of Jenn Schrock-Smith)
Victim from fatal fire Friday in Delavan identified
DELAVAN, Ill. - The victim in a fatal fire at a rural Delavan house Friday evening has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 81-year-old Virginia Leach was pronounced dead at th...
Mar 5, 2024 Midwest Communications
Richwoods Knights headed to IHSA semifinals
PEORIA, Ill. - Richwoods High School will advance to the IHSA state semifinals in boys' basketball after a super-sectional win Monday night in Ottawa. Richwoods moved on in Class 3A with a 58-52 win o...
Mar 5, 2024 (25 News)
Pallets of boxes for Tazewell County contain envelopes, not ballots
PEORIA, Ill. - Pallets of boxes meant for Tazewell County that were found in a downtown Peoria business lobby are not what they seem. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the boxes contain envelop...
Mar 4, 2024 (Tazewell County)
U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't bar Trump from ballot based on insurrection clause
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual states do not have authority to disqualify candidates for federal office based on the insurrection claus...
Mar 4, 2024 Donald Trump, whose placement on the March 19 primary ballot was challenged in Illinois, received a favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The high court ruled states don’t have the authority to disqualify federal candidates from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams. Original photo by Gage Skidmore used under CC-SA 2.0 license.)
State Police: Crash closes I-74 ramp for as much as six hours
PEORIA, Ill. - Details are scarce, but Illinois State Police says an Interstate 74 ramp in Peoria could be closed for as much as six hours. State Police says that's because of an accident on I-74 east...
Mar 4, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man arrested in connection to February shooting in South Peoria that injured teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting last month in South Peoria that injured a teenage boy. Peoria Police say Nehemiah Garner, 19, was arrested on Friday in the area of W...
Mar 4, 2024 Nehemiah Garner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Threat of severe weather looms across central Illinois on Monday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois will need to keep an eye on the skies Monday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Rebekka Delaney of Lincoln says there is a marginal risk of severe weather for the ...
Mar 4, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
