Category Archives: Local News
Proposed Illinois House bill would require access to first responder scanner communications to media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation introduced in the Illinois House would require law enforcement agencies to provide access in real time to encrypted police scanner traffic to accredited media. House Bi...
Feb 18, 2024 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
With influx of state and federal funding, Illinois looks to add enough chargers to support 1 million EVs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois' electric vehicle charging infrastructure is on pace to double this year, buoyed by an influx of state and federal dollars. The investments are aim...
Feb 18, 2024 Two electric vehicles are pictured at a charging station in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by
Andrew Campbell)
Pritzker commits another $182 million to migrant response, details to come next week
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state and Cook County announced Thursday a roughly $250 million plan to provide shelter, health care and other services for recently arrived migrants. But a...
Feb 18, 2024 JOHNSON: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Lawyers hope for Illinois Supreme Court answer to Trump ballot question
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawyers representing Donald Trump and five Illinois voters hoping to see the former president removed from next month's primary ballot sparred in a downtown Chicago c...
Feb 17, 2024 A sample ballot from Sangamon County shows the names that will appear before voters in the March 19 Republican primary, pending action by a Cook County Circuit Court.
Indoor pickleball court planned for Normal, company says Peoria is next
KAYSVILLE, Utah - Peoria is expected to be one of the places next to get some indoor pickleball courts. Utah-based "The Picklr" - described as an indoor franchise, is going through a rapid expansion, ...
Feb 17, 2024 (The Picklr)
Man accused of home repair fraud in Peoria also faces similar charge in Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A man not yet officially facing charges in Peoria County for alleged home repair fraud, has pleaded not guilty to similar charges in Woodford County. Court records indicate Nicholas Ham...
Feb 17, 2024 Nicholas Hamby (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man pleads guilty to federal money laundering, fraud charges
PEORIA, Ill - A Peoria man will be sentenced after an alleged co-conspirator goes to trial on federal charges of Bank Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Richard Weiss, 62, pleaded guilty...
Feb 17, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
104.9 The Wolf Radiothon collects more money for St. Jude
PEORIA, Ill. - People just like you have come through once again for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The annual "Country Cares" Radiothon hosted by our station 104.9 The Wolf raised just over $...
Feb 17, 2024 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Crime up, homicides by gunfire down, in Peoria in 2023. Read the full report here
PEORIA, Ill. - The good news, homicides by shootings were down in Peoria in 2023. The bad news, virtually every category of crime otherwise went up. That's part of the annual Peoria Police report, sen...
Feb 17, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man to be charged in shooting, fatal car accident
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney is filing charges against a man for shooting a gun and causing two accidents, one of them proved to be fatal. Jodi Hoos' office says Vanda Terrell, 51...
Feb 16, 2024 Vanda Terrell (2-3-24 photo-1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
