Category Archives: Local News
Bill aims to guarantee youth sentenced to life in prison a chance at parole after 40 years
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill last week that would effectively abolish life sentences for any incarcerated individual who was under the age of 21 when ...
Mar 13, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Local gas prices higher than last week, lower than last year
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up in the last week. That's according to both AAA and GasBuddy.com. AAA's Peoria-Pekin average currently sits at $3.57 for a gallon of unleaded -- more th...
Mar 13, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Fly PIA, but parking lots nearly all full
PEORIA, Ill. - Spring Break is almost too good of a thing for the Peoria International Airport. Airport officials say the main parking lot at the airport is completely full. Airport officials say the ...
Mar 13, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Shots fired near West Peoria bar leaves three injured
UPDATED 8:22 A.M. WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County deputies were called to the area near KG's Sports Bar & Grill on W. Farmington Road in West Peoria around 1:40 a.m. Monday morning on reports o...
Mar 13, 2023 Midwest Communications
Bradley invited to NIT; to play Wisconsin in Round 1
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley University men's basketball team will have a formidable foe when they start the big part of their playoff run. As expected, the Braves got invited to the National Invitation...
Mar 12, 2023 (Bradley University)
UAW approves new six-year contract with Caterpillar
PEORIA, Ill. - A 27 percent pay increase. That's one of the things Caterpillar says the United Auto Workers agreed to in a new six-year contract effective Monday, after ratification votes this weekend...
Mar 12, 2023 (Caterpillar)
Peoria Police arrest wanted subject
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man wanted by police was found and arrested Friday evening. Peoria Police says officers observed 25-year-old Andrew Johnson leave a residence and drive away in a vehicle. Johns...
Mar 12, 2023
General Assembly discussing gas stove warning labels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new warning label could soon be placed on gas stoves sold in Illinois. A bill going through the General Assembly would require the label to warn consumers about potential respira...
Mar 12, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Vehicle burglaries reported in Woodford County
MINONK, Ill. - Not many details are known, but the Woodford County Sheriffs Department says a particular type of crime that's been happening a lot in the Peoria area is happening there, too. Officials...
Mar 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois COVID cases 'stable,' according to officials
CHICAGO, Ill. - Some changes once again this week in the number of COVID-19 cases statewide, and in how the virus is being spread. The Illinois Department of Public Health says while the number of cou...
Mar 11, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
