Category Archives: Local News
Former lawmaker taken into custody amid delays to his corruption trial after sudden hospitalization
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Republican State Sen. Sam McCann, a onetime third-party candidate for governor, was taken into custody Friday morning ahead of his federal corruption...
Feb 9, 2024 Former GOP state Sen. Sam McCann’s pickup truck – the same make and model of a truck named as an illicit purchase in his indictment – is parked outside of the Paul Findley Federal Courthouse in Springfield, where McCann was supposed to have faced a corruption trial this week. Instead, he checked himself into the hospital over the weekend and his trial was delayed until Monday. The judge in the case ordered McCann detained Friday until the trial’s new start date, accusing McCann of making “excuses.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
UPDATED: Street sweeper part of damage after a fire to a city-owned building in Washington
UPDATED 5:19 P.M. WASHINGTON, Ill. - A city of Washington garage suffered damage after a fire Friday afternoon that appears to have started in a vehicle. Washington Assistant Fire Chief Tyler Gee says...
Feb 9, 2024 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
NWS: Hail in Peoria, but at least one tornado reported with Thursday storms
MARSHALL AND PUTNAM COUNTIES, Ill. - What the National Weather Service called a "small complex" of storms caused mostly hail in the Peoria, but to our north, at least one tornado. The Weather Service ...
Feb 9, 2024 (National Weather Service, Lincoln, IL)
Peoria Heights-based meat shop prepares for Super Bowl-related sales
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial holiday in the United States, full of gatherings with bountiful spreads of food. That's according to Pat Alwan, owner of Alwan and Son...
Feb 9, 2024 (Alwan and Sons Meat Company Facebook)
Suspect in first Peoria homicide of year arrested in Texas
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a second suspect has been identified and arrested in connection with the city's first homicide of the year. Police say U.S. Marshals helped arrest Mickael Williams, 25...
Feb 9, 2024 Mickael Williams (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2018)
Fire Department closes Riverview Plaza Building in downtown Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 11:45 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department shut down the Riverview Plaza Building Thursday night in downtown Peoria. It happened without prior notice to the building's tenants, which...
Feb 9, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
CEFCU makes $100K contribution to Phoenix Manor development
PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU has committed $100,000 to help combat homelessness in Peoria. The capital equity commitment is going to Phoenix Manor, a permanent housing development that's being developed at th...
Feb 9, 2024 The former Methodist College Building in downtown Peoria is being developed into Phoenix Manor to help alleviate homelessness in the Peoria region )25 News)
More Petersen Health Care homes under receivership over unpaid debt. Here's where
CHICAGO - More assisted living facilities under the Peoria-based Petersen Healthcare umbrella are now no longer under the company's control. Documents filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago indica...
Feb 8, 2024 (Petersen Health Care)
Carle Health doctor explains stomach cancer
PEORIA, Ill. - Country music star Toby Keith died this week following a several year battle with stomach cancer. And while it's possible to get stomach cancer here, it doesn't happen all that much. "I...
Feb 8, 2024 (Carle Health)
New charges in connection with late-January shots fired incident near accident scene
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney is filing new charges against a Peoria man who was arrested for allegedly opening fire near Interstate 74 and Gale Avenue almost two weeks ago. State'...
Feb 8, 2024 Donte Wright (1470 & 100/3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
