Category Archives: Local News
Ribbon cut on active sensory gym at Easterseals Learning Academy
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - Students at the Easterseals Learning Academy have a space that uses play to help develop social and motor skills. The facility held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for its A...
May 16, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job posti...
May 16, 2023 Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Producers announce 'hiatus' ahead of this year's Summer Camp
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- This year's Summer Camp music festival will apparently be the last, at least in the way it's been done so far. The producers of the annual event at Chillicothe's Three Sisters Par...
May 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
State lawmakers trying to wrap up spring session in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois legislators will be busy over the next few days, passing bills and putting together a new state budget during the last scheduled week of the spring session. The most daun...
May 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Minor injuries after midday crash in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Police in East Peoria say they have turned over to the Tazewell County Sheriffs Department the investigation into a crash on the edge of the city's downtown area. East Peoria Polic...
May 15, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Tuition, other fees increasing at Illinois State University
NORMAL, Ill. - Tuitiion and other fees are going up at Illinois State University. ISU's Board of Trustees Friday approved a 2.7% overall cost increase compared to the previous academic year. New under...
May 15, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Bond set in weekend stabbing death case
UPDATED 3:43 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria woman accused of stabbing a man to death early Sunday morning faces an additional charge, and has bond set. Court records indicate Lauraine Singleton, 41, n...
May 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
General Assembly approves criminal sentencing reforms for minors
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers have approved a measure that reforms criminal sentencing for minors, particularly victims of child sex trafficking. House Bill 3414 adds to the fac...
May 15, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Summer internship program at Caterpillar gets underway
EDWARDS, Ill. - The newest batch of college students interning at Caterpillar for the summer started their journey Monday. Around 600 students took orientation at the Edwards Demonstration & Learn...
May 15, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Small pockets of drought in Illinois following recent rains
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There have been some bouts of heavy rainfall in Illinois and the Peoria area the last couple of weeks. But, that's not stopping some parts of the state, and this area, from being i...
May 15, 2023 (National Weather Service)
