Category Archives: Local News
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)
Pritzker reacts to immigration letter sent by Texas governor to Chicago mayor
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker is reacting to a letter sent Monday to the mayor of Chicago by Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding immigration. The letter calls on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to urge P...
May 02, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a preschool in Springfield in favor of his budget proposal to increase early childhood education program spending by $250 million. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
UPDATE: Power restored after 'widespread' outage affecting Canton
3:26 p.m. Ameren Illinois' outage map no longer shows any power outages in Canton. --------------------------------- CANTON, Ill. - A fallen tree limb is to blame for what police in Canton call a "wid...
May 02, 2023 (Ameren Illinois)
