Category Archives: Local News
Bradley alum to become newest 10th Circuit Judge
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There will soon be a new judge in the circuit covering Peoria, Tazewell, and some other local counties. The Illinois Supreme Court says Caroline Border Campion has been appointed t...
Jan 5, 2024 Caroline Borden Campion (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Southern Illinois University School of Law 2020 photo)
Hearing delayed for Pekin man accused in death of his daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin man accused in the death of his infant daughter was back in court on Thursday. Hunter Waters, 20, had a review hearing scheduled, but was only in court briefly as the hearing w...
Jan 5, 2024 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Peoria man sentenced for drive-by shooting incident in February that damaged a house and gas line
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday after a drive-by shooting incident from February of 2023. U.S District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Tajurie Amir Bennett, 20,...
Jan 5, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois minutes after filing his petitions
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. 1/5 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on ...
Jan 4, 2024 The Illinois State Board of Elections building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
City of Washington forgives loan given to Five Points. Here's what we know
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Mayor Gary Manier says Five Points is a "crown jewel" to the city. "It brings people here, it brings the arts alive and well in our community, with the theater, the Cater...
Jan 4, 2024 A memorial of the Washington tornado. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Coroner says Peoria shooting victim has died
UPDATED 9:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Peoria has recorded its first homicide of the year, just four days in. Harwood says a man in his 30's was pronounced dead late...
Jan 4, 2024 (25 News)
Wisconsin man arrested in Peoria after reportedly found with stolen vehicle and weapon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Wisconsin man was arrested early Thursday morning in Peoria after reportedly being found with a stolen vehicle and weapon. Illinois State Police say a traffic stop of a Blue Dodge tru...
Jan 4, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Discussions beginning on repairing Pekin's Avanti's Sports Dome
PEKIN, Ill. - Repair work to the Avanti's Sports Dome in Pekin could be occurring in the near future. City Manager John Dossey tells 25 News that discussions have occurred on a path forward to repair ...
Jan 4, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Multiple promotions within Morton Police Department includes new Chief of Police
MORTON, Ill. - Multiple promotions have occurred in the Morton Police Department, one of which is a new police chief. Shawn Darche was sworn in as the new Chief of Police Tuesday. He was appointed to ...
Jan 4, 2024 (Morton Police Department)
Madigan trial delayed until October for SCOTUS review of bribery statute
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won't be spending his 82nd birthday in a federal courtroom this spring after a judge on Wednesday granted his requ...
Jan 3, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago Wednesday afternoon. A judge granted Madigan’s motion to delay his bribery and racketeering trial from April 1 to October 8, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of another bribery case. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
