Category Archives: Local News
Carle Health moves Peoria rehab facility
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the operations of Carle Health in Peoria is on the move. Carle says what was the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center at Methodist Hospital will move to Proctor Hospital as of Thursda...
May 31, 2023 (Carle Health)
UPDATE: Sorensen votes in favor of debt ceiling bill, LaHood votes against it
UPDATED 9:31 P.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. - "This is a compromise that I can agree to." Those were some of the words Wednesday afternoon of 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen, ahead of Wednesday night's...
May 31, 2023 (Rep. Eric Sorensen via Zoom)
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is hopeful a debt limit deal will be approved
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is optimistic Congress will take action to avoid default the U.S. debt. The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday evening on the deal struck b...
May 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Scholarship program for low-income kids not part of new Illinois budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois General Assembly did not vote to extend a scholarship program for low-income children. "Invest in Kids" started as a pilot program in 2018. It provides scholarships to...
May 31, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Cannabis regulatory reform bill fails to advance in spring legislative session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A proposed cannabis reform bill won't get further consideration until at least the General Assembly's fall veto session after stakeholders failed to come to...
May 31, 2023 Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, is pictured on the House floor. He is the sponsor of a cannabis regulatory bill that failed to pass in the recently concluded spring legislative session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Two people still missing from Iowa building collapse
(Reuters) -Two people still counted as missing after the partial collapse of an Iowa apartment building on the weekend were likely inside at the time, officials said on Tuesday, but the structure was ...
May 31, 2023 Davenport police officers form a line opposite protesters that are advocating for search efforts to continue near the site of an apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. May 30, 2023. Joseph Cress/USA Today Network via REUTERS
UPDATE: Man arrested for allegedly losing daughter at Summer Camp
UPDATED 11:46 A.M. 5/31/21 CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Quad Cities-area man was arrested at the final night of the Summer Camp music festival. Chillicothe Police say Chad Miller, 40, of Hillsdale, near Moli...
May 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Judge declines to lower bond of man accused of making Pere Marquette bomb threats
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has denied a motion to reduce the bond of a man who is accused of making several bomb threats to downtown Peoria's Pere Marquette hotel earlier this year. Court re...
May 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Grand jury indicts woman on murder charges for stabbing death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has weighed in regarding a recent stabbing death ruled a homicide. The grand jury Tuesday filed two counts of First-Degree Murder against Lauraine Singleton, ...
May 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
Legislature approves bill to tighten restrictions on red-light camera industry
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry's involvement in s...
May 30, 2023 Billie Grace Ward / CC
