Category Archives: Local News
Disparately resourced public defenders prepare for the end of cash bail in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature - a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a p...
Sep 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
Chiefs out of the playoffs after loss in Cedar Rapids Friday
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. - The season is over for the Peoria Chiefs. After clinching a playoff berth with a few games left to go in the regular season, the Chiefs lost in the first round of the playoffs. Ced...
Sep 16, 2023 (Peoria Chiefs)
Two fires in eight hours in Peoria; one home destroyed
PEORIA, Ill. - One home is destroyed, and one home is damaged, after two fires in an eight-hour period in Peoria, ending early Saturday morning. Peoria firefighters responded to one that officials say...
Sep 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mogul Byron Allen makes $10 billion bid for Disney's ABC, other networks
(Reuters) -Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has made a $10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney's ABC television network and assets including the FX and National Geographic cable channels, a spokesperson for ...
Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: Illinois eliminates cash bail system Monday
Updated 6:24 a.m. 9/18 CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois becomes the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail under a new law that takes effect on Monday. This controversial new policy continues to ra...
Sep 15, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court chamber is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Senior citizens learn emergency preparedness at presentation in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - While most people should be prepared for emergency situations such as weather or natural disasters, how everyone approaches it may be different. A presentation held Friday in Pekin betwe...
Sep 15, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
High school students learn about agricultural career opportunities at Illinois Central College expo
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - More than 400 high school students learned about what opportunities are available to them in the agriculture industry and more. Illinois Central College's 5th annual Agriculture, D...
Sep 15, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman arrested in Fulton County for August homicide
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - An arrest has been made more than a month after a man was found dead in his home in Fulton County. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says Kelly Bradbury, 42, of Beardstown wa...
Sep 15, 2023 Kelly Bradbury (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Sheriffs Department)
One arrested, two more sought, after East Bluff-area carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman was arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected carjacking Thursday night. Peoria Police say they were alerted to a potential robbery near Knoxville and Pennsyl...
Sep 15, 2023 Dallas Debattista (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Still misconceptions as 'cashless bail' takes effect Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Many thought it started already when the Illinois Supreme Court ruled the "cashless bail" provisions of the state's SAFE-T Act could be implemented. It hasn't, but will on Monday. That'...
Sep 15, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
