Category Archives: Local News
One person injured, four dogs die in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria fire investigator said a residential fire near the corner of N. Atlantic and N.E. Glen Oak Wednesday night in was electrical, causing $60,000 damage. Firefighters arrived just...
May 04, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legislature passes anti-book ban bill; Peoria library director supports
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State and even Peoria officials are praising the Illinois Legislature's passage of a bill banning book bans in Illinois libraries. More or less, the bill, House Bill 2789, would ba...
May 03, 2023 (Peoria Public Library via Facebook)
Teen sentenced to prison for 2020 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has pleaded guilty to his role in a shooting death almost three years ago. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Ladarrius Mason, now 19, pleaded guilty Wednesd...
May 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Man indicted for pizza store robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of holding up a pizza restaurant last month has been charged by a Peoria County grand jury. The grand jury this week charged Keith Clark, 29, with a count of Aggravated ...
May 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Local GOP lawmakers react to 'ComEd Four' guilty verdicts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "A sad day for Illinois." That's how State Representative Ryan Spain reacted to Tuesday's guilty verdict of four former lobbyists and Commonwealth Edison employees, for being a par...
May 03, 2023 (Illinois General Assembly)
Man arrested for threatening to 'shoot up' U of I Urbana-Champaign campus
URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois says a former student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening to "shoot up the school." U of I police say Jonathan Zheng, 22, was arrested at his home ...
May 03, 2023 Gary Todd
UPDATE: Jenny Craig could be closing weight loss centers, per reports; East Peoria location not included
UPDATED 1:53 P.M. 5/4/23 EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Managers of the Jenny Craig location in East Peoria tell WMBD Radio News the location there will NOT be closing. They say the store is a franchise location...
May 03, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Changes on the horseshoe at Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two new faces joined the horseshoe Tuesday night in Peoria City Council chambers, sworn in alongside three incumbents elected last month to their at-large seats. The new members are Dr...
May 03, 2023 (City of Peoria via Facebook)
UPDATE: 'ComEd Four' found guilty on all counts in bribery trial tied to ex-Speaker Madigan
UPDATED 9:36 P.M. CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison for their involvement in an allege...
May 02, 2023 Mike McClain, ComEd’s former top contract lobbyist in Springfield, walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago on May 2 after a jury found him guilty of participating in a conspiracy to bribe longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Grand jury files eight felony charges against Peoria man not in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has charged a Peoria man following his arrest last month on drug and weapons charges. The grand jury Tuesday filed a host of charges after Rico Booker, 32, wa...
May 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
