Category Archives: Local News
PCSO dealing with ongoing vehicle thefts
PEORIA, Ill. -- With more cars being stolen nearly every week, Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says he knows who is stealing them. Watkins says a large group of teens are known to be casing our ne...
Jun 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Faster trips coming to Amtrak line that runs through Normal
CHICAGO, Ill. - Improvements made to the Lincoln Service Amtrak line will make for a faster trip. The Lincoln Service travels between Chicago and St. Louis, with stops in central Illinois in Normal an...
Jun 13, 2023 Christine Warner / CC
East Bluff home damaged by arson fire -- investigated, in part, by K9
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters say a fire to an unoccupied home Monday afternoon was deemed an arson. Fire crews say they were sent to a home on Indiana Avenue near Nebraska at 12:56 p.m., and saw...
Jun 12, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Gov. Rauner's portrait added to state Capitol's 'Hall of Governors'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Gov. Bruce Rauner's portrait has joined the "Hall of Governors" in the Illinois Capitol. The Winnetka Republican-turned-Florida resident on Monday un...
Jun 12, 2023 Former Gov. Bruce Rauner, now a Florida resident, unveils his official portrait before it is hung on the wall of the Illinois State Capitol. Rauner, a Republican, was governor from 2015 until 2019. Pictured above Rauner is the portrait of his predecessor, Democrat Pat Quinn, and at right is his Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Two arrested, one wanted, following Saturday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person remains wanted, while two others were arrested, following a shooting early Saturday morning in South Peoria. Police say a ShotSpotter alert was triggered at 1:33 a.m. after a...
Jun 12, 2023 Ethan Haynes (left) and Blayden Shutt (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based ...
Jun 12, 2023 Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias holds his daughter while brandishing a bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Monday that aims to discourage book bans at Illinois libraries. Bill sponsor Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, is pictured at left and Pritzker is pictured at right. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Two early Sunday shootings in Peoria injure four
PEORIA, Ill. - At least two shootings were reported in Peoria during the early morning hours Sunday. In one, two ShotSpotter alerts were triggered around 12:58 a.m. totaling almost two dozen rounds fi...
Jun 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
Morning fire results in demolition
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say around $100,000 in damage was done to a home that caught on fire Monday morning. Crews were called around 8:55 a.m. to Fairholm Avenue not far from a fire statio...
Jun 12, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470- & 100.3 WMBD)
Demolition of Davenport apartment building gets underway
DAVENPORT, Ia. (FOX News) -- The dismantling process for a downtown Davenport, Iowa, apartment building that partially collapsed late last month is set to begin on Monday. City officials publishing a ...
Jun 12, 2023 (KWQC-TV 6)
Former Mayor Carver remembered in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Mayor of Peoria has been memorialized. Services were held at Bradley University Saturday for former Mayor Richard Carver, who died in Florida back in May, where he had been liv...
Jun 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/via 25 News)
