Category Archives: Local News
Man injured after hit-and-run accident Tuesday evening in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to the hospital after a hit-and-run accident Tuesday evening in Central Peoria. Peoria Police says officers were sent to the area of Forrest Hill and Gale around 8:19 P....
Oct 4, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Mason Co. man identified as Mapleton drowning victim
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A Mason County man has been identified as the fisherman who drowned in a Mapleton lake earlier this week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood on Tuesday identified the man as 59-...
Oct 4, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin Insurance 'restructuring' as part of a 'strategic initiative'
PEKIN, Ill. - They're calling it focusing on a "strategic initiative." Pekin Insurance says they're restructuring the company so that it focuses more on Commercial and Life Insurance. This, as they sa...
Oct 3, 2023 (Pekin Insurance)
LaHood opposed, Sorensen in favor, of McCarthy's departure as House Speaker. Read their full statements here
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One did, one didn't. Among area Congressmen and Tuesday's vote to oust Congressman Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker's job, 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen voted for the ouste...
Oct 3, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
High school students explore manufacturing careers in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Students from across central Illinois spent their Tuesday morning getting an up close look at what a future career could look like for them. It's part of the Discover Manufacturing Care...
Oct 3, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'This is only a test:' National emergency alert tests to be sent to radio, TV, cell phones Wednesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Your cell phone and your radio might set off an alarm Wednesday, but it's only a test. FEMA says it and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a national Emergency Alert...
Oct 3, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Multiple charges for driver of vehicle that crashed into Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning
GOODFIELD, Ill. - No one was injured after a vehicle crashed into a Woodford County squad car early Tuesday morning along Interstate 74. Illinois State Police says troopers were responding to a vehicl...
Oct 3, 2023 Midwest Communications
Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivals
(Capitol News Illinois) - As Chicago prepares for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border this week, Gov. JB Pritzker is once again publicly pressur...
Oct 3, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Two injured after Tuesday afternoon shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after a shooting this afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police officers responded to Starr and Westmoreland just before 1:15 P.M. after...
Oct 3, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ray Estrada ends candidacy for 17th Congressional District seat
GALESBURG, Ill. - The only declared challenger so far in the 17th Congressional District race next year is ending his campaign. Ray Estrada (R-Galesburg) announced Tuesday that he is postponing his ca...
Oct 3, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Estrada Global Foundation)
