Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker reacts to DeSantis' upcoming Peoria visit
CHICAGO, Ill. - More people are weighing in both for and against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' appearance in Peoria Friday. Chief among them is Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. The governor says on his...
May 11, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton stand with their families on the stage of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on Election Night 2022 after the Associated Press called the Illinois governor's race for the incumbent. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Two arrested at South Peoria business for different reasons
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested two people Wednesday afternoon in South Peoria at the same time, but for different reasons. Officers observed a vehicle with a wanted subject at 3:39 P.M., and fo...
May 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested for alleged abduction attempt
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who jail records indicate has been arrested a number of times since 2005 is in jail again -- this time for a domestic incident that almost looked like an abduction. Peoria ...
May 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Doctor discusses what's been learned in the three years since COVID began
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical experts are reflecting on what was learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, three years after it began, and as the public health emergency phase of the pandemic comes to an end. Doct...
May 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. Supreme Court justice considering action on Illinois' assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A single justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing whether to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced while the case is being heard ...
May 11, 2023 Glenn Beltz / CC
Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois. The analysis w...
May 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pritzker addresses Illinois' migrant influx problem
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritkzer says the state is looking for more federal assistance with the influx of asylum-seeking migrants being sent to Illinois. Pritzker says the busing of migrants fro...
May 11, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Protests planned for DeSantis Peoria visit; local GOP OK with that
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of Peoria organizations are planning on peacefully protesting the visit to town of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis...speaking at the annual Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day dinner. Gro...
May 10, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
Jury convicts man in fatal 2021 street racing-related crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has convicted a man in connection with a fatal crash resulting from street racing almost two years ago. The jury Wednesday found Darien Davis, 31, guilty of Reckles...
May 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Grand jury files charges in connection with April shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faced a host of weapons charges, among other counts, when he was arrested following a shooting incident last month. Instead, a Peoria County grand jury Wednesday only filed...
May 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
