Category Archives: Local News
Police want help finding vehicle used in October, 2022 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have some new details on a fatal shooting last October that was believed to be the city's 21st homicide of the year. The shooting on West Seibold claimed the life of Couri...
Mar 15, 2023 (Peoria Police)
Local real estate group urges former school sites to not sit vacant
PEORIA, Ill. - A local real estate organization doesn't want to see vacant lots at former school sites in South Peoria. Demolition is underway for the former McKinley School. Demolition of Harrison Sc...
Mar 14, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
DirecTV sues Nexstar, station owners over retransmission fees
(Reuters) - Satellite provider DirecTV on Tuesday sued Nexstar Media Group Inc and two other television station owners in Manhattan federal court, claiming they violated antitrust law by scheming to d...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: DirecTV satellite dishes are seen on an apartment roof in Los Angeles, California in this file photo taken May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn
UPDATE - Justices consider constitutionality of SAFE-T Act's pretrial detention provisions
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. SPRINGFIELD - The state's highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could drastically alter the legal landscape for criminal defendants who are incarcerated as they await ...
Mar 14, 2023 Deputy Solicitor General Alex Hemmer with the attorney general’s office argues before the Illinois Supreme Court earlier this year in Springfield. Hemmer defended the cash bail provisions contained in the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform that a lower court ruled unconstitutional last year. Also pictured are House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (seated to Hemmer's right) and Attorney General Kwame Raoul (far right). Welch and Raoul are both defendants in the lawsuit. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
AMT, PFD can make some traffic signal changes in emergencies
PEORIA, Ill. - New technology is available in ambulances in Peoria that will allow them to control traffic signals when they're on emergency calls. Advanced Medical Transport vehicles are equipped wit...
Mar 14, 2023 (Advanced Medical Transport)
Peoria-area Catholic okay to eat meat this Friday during Lent
PEORIA, Ill. - Good news for Peoria-area Catholics -- you can eat meat this Friday. While not every Catholic Diocese does it, the Catholic Diocese of Peoria says given past practices, Bishop Louis Tyl...
Mar 14, 2023 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via YouTube)
Fire deemed arson, but 'mental health crisis' to blame
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a small fire Monday afternoon was arson, but not what you typically think of. Firefighters went to a home near Starr and Folkers for the fire, where officials sa...
Mar 13, 2023 (25 News)
Man gets prison for shooting, police standoff
PEORIA, Ill. - He no longer faces Attempted Murder charges, but a Peoria man will go to prison for most of the next two decades after a shooting incident and standoff with police a year and a half ago...
Mar 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail October 2021)
Pritzker signs measure guaranteeing five days paid leave for Illinoisans
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 208 into law Monday, ensuring at least 40 hours of paid leave for Illinois workers. Effective Jan. 1, ...
Mar 13, 2023 (State of Illinois)
Metamora wins state championship in basketball
METAMORA, Ill. - For the first time in school history, Metamora is a state champion in basketball. The boys basketball team achieved that feat Saturday evening by defeating Chicago Simeon in the IHSA ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Metamora High School Boys Basketball via Twitter)
