Category Archives: Local News
Copays take effect for immigrant health programs as cost estimates continue to decline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Cost estimates for a pair of state-funded health care programs serving certain low-income noncitizens have declined by tens of millions of dollars in recent...
Feb 2, 2024 Data from the Department on Healthcare and Family Services shows the per-patient costs for a pair of health programs that serve certain immigrant populations have declined in recent months as the JB Pritzker administration has initiated cost-saving measures. (Capitol News Illinois graphic by Jerry Nowicki)
Tazewell County government nearly recovered from November cyber incident
PEKIN, Ill. - Operations in Tazewell County government are nearly back to normal after a cyber attack in November affected phone and computer systems. County Board Chairman David Zimmerman offered an ...
Feb 2, 2024 (Tazewell County)
Kahl addresses some social media 'nonsense' during State of East Peoria address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria Mayor John Kahl will often tell you he's a pretty positive guy. But in his State of East Peoria speech Friday, he had to address a couple of things he referred to as "n...
Feb 2, 2024 East Peoria Mayor John Kahl gives his "State of the City" speech Friday, February 2, at Paradice Hotel in East Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Apartment fire causes about $3,000 damage in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A resident escaped an apartment fire in East Peoria Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the building on High Oak Drive around 7:10 p.m., extinguishing the fire within a few...
Feb 2, 2024 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulings
(Capitol News Illinois) - Nearly a year ago, the Illinois Supreme Court asked the General Assembly to clarify a 15-year-old law that's led to hundreds of lawsuits and several high-dollar settlements w...
Feb 2, 2024 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. Cunningham is the lead sponsor of a bill to curtail the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Police arrest second suspect in year-old homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have found the second of two people wanted for murder in a case stemming back from early last year. Peoria County Jail booking records indicate Torreon Carey, 25, was arre...
Feb 2, 2024 Torreon Carey (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria group preparing for journey to Ukraine to provide aid to refugees
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A group of medical professionals from Peoria are joining Omaha Rapid Response to travel to Ternopil, Ukraine to offer relief to more than 80,000 refugees. According to the Uni...
Feb 2, 2024 Members of the Omaha Rapid Response team in Ukraine (25 News)
Duckworth speaks on servicemember deaths in Middle East, urges caution against declaring war
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tammy Duckworth says "not so fast" when it comes to attacking Iran following the weekend drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers and injured dozens more. Duckworth, an ...
Feb 1, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen, accused of shooting, now also accused of threatening a judge
(NOTE: This story contains profane language.) PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager, already in jail after he was arrested last week in connection with some recent shooting incidents, now also faces a felo...
Feb 1, 2024 Taiwand Hughes Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former teacher in Lewistown charged after reportedly supplying students with alcohol
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A former Lewistown High School teacher has received multiple charges after allegedly providing alcohol to juvenile students. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says an investigation ...
Feb 1, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
