Category Archives: Local News
Peoria's 182nd to get new, upgraded C-130's
UPDATED 8:48 A.M. 9/15 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Air National Guard base is one of four nationwide that will receive upgraded C-130 aircraft. That's according to the Air Force, announcing Thursday Peori...
Sep 14, 2023 A C-130 Hercules from the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, flies over the state of Wyoming in appreciation for essential personnel on the front lines of COVID-19 on May 15, 2020. Cheyenne, Wyo. The flight was comprised of 2 C-130 Hercules aircrafts and the route included 35 hospitals and clinics throughout the state with only two of those being diverted due to inclement weather. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Alderman)
Local Congressman to union auto workers: 'I got your back'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the clock ticks down in Detroit to a potential at least partial strike against the Big Three automakers, one local Congressman says to union members, "I got your back." That's 17...
Sep 14, 2023 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-East Moline) speaks Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives. (U.S. House of Representatives via Rep. Ric Sorensen)
Cleanup complete at Pekin Township Office building collapse site, next steps to be discussed
PEKIN, Ill. - Discussions will soon begin about the future of what remains of the Pekin Township Office building. The south and west walls of the building on the 400-block of Elizabeth St. collapsed l...
Sep 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Truck strikes house in North Peoria; one hurt
UPDATED 3:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person was sent to the hospital after a truck crashed into a house Thursday afternoon in North Peoria. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says the crash occ...
Sep 14, 2023 A truck hit a house in North Peoria Thursday afternoon. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Disney holds preliminary talks with Nexstar on ABC sale -sources
UPDATED 3:28 P.M. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has held exploratory discussions about selling its U.S. TV network ABC to regional TV station operator Nexstar Media Group Inc, people familiar with the ma...
Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Former trooper seeks restoration of driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crash
(Capitol News Illinois) - For years, former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White blocked attempts by an ex-state trooper to regain his driving privileges after a high-speed crash that caused the de...
Sep 14, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
A pair of accidents on I-74 snarl traffic in Tazewell County
UPDATED 9:35 A.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say two crashes were the cause of traffic delays Thursday morning in the westbound lanes of I-74 in East Peoria. The first accident happened...
Sep 14, 2023 A pair of accidents on I-74 westbound near the Pinecrest exit led to traffic delays Thursday around 8 a.m. (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
SUV driver hospitalized after crash in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters and paramedics had to free the driver of an SUV involved in a rollover accident Wednesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says the SUV...
Sep 14, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Man pleads not guilty to setting two house fires in his Norwood neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A Norwood man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of setting two homes on fire there a month ago. A grand jury Tuesday charged Troy Smith, 34, with two Class-X felony counts ...
Sep 13, 2023 Troy Smith (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
State Fair reports nine-year attendance high
(Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Fair - a multi-million annual agriculture festival in Springfield - reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, ...
Sep 13, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker, organizers of the Illinois State Fair and others cut the ribbon at the main gate of the Illinois State Fairgrounds last month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
