Category Archives: Local News
Governor names new DCFS director
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The troubled state agency charged with the protection of abused and neglected children will have new leadership in the new year. Gov. JB Pritzker announced ...
Jan 3, 2024 Heidi Mueller, who previously served as the state’s director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, was named director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois file photo; Mueller image from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice)
Man gets prison time after pleading guilty to child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison after he pleaded guilty to the single count of Dissemination of Child Pornography a grand jury charged him with last year. Peoria County Court records st...
Jan 3, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
More people living in Illinois than reported in 2020 Census. Here's what we know
CHICAGO, Ill. - There's more people in the state of Illinois than originally thought. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that a request to include nearly 47,000 people in population estimates ...
Jan 3, 2024 (State of Illinois)
School security help for local districts turns into unfunded mandate
PEORIA, Ill. - A relatively new state law was supposed to help local school districts with security. Instead, it created another unfunded mandate. The law was to provide state grant money to schools t...
Jan 3, 2024 Midwest Communications
Illinois Attorney General warns about phone scam that uses AI to copy voices
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois' Attorney General is warning the public about a new method for phone scams that involves mimicking a loved one's voice with artificial intelligence. In the warning issued Wedn...
Jan 3, 2024 (Office of the Illinois Attorney General)
City of Peoria promotes numerous ways people can submit reports about potholes and more
PEORIA, Ill. - There's multiple ways a person in Peoria can report a pothole to the city. Communications Director Stacy Peterson tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" people can report a pothole by calling Peor...
Jan 3, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
No cash bail seen as factor in holding down Peoria County's jail population
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The jail population in Peoria is the lowest in years, and Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins thinks part of the reason is the new SAFE-T Act. On Sept. 18, when Illinois elimi...
Jan 3, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
USDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground beef produced in Illinois
COAL VALLEY, Ill. - Almost 6,800 pounds of uncooked beef patties and ground beef produced by an Illinois-based company has been recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of ...
Jan 3, 2024 lizzardo / CC
City of Pekin set to appoint high school teacher to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin will soon fill the lone vacancy on its city council with a teacher. Chris Onken, a P.E. teacher at Pekin Community High School, has been tabbed to replace Becky Cloyd. ...
Jan 2, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Byrider closes Peoria sales office, service still open -official
PEORIA, Ill. - A car dealership chain has closed its Peoria location, but it says customers still should make payments. A spokesperson with Indiana-based J.D. Byrider says the sales office on Pioneer ...
Jan 2, 2024 (Byrider)
