Category Archives: Local News
PPD puts officers back on duty, protesters demand accountability
PEORIA, Ill. -- Demonstrators are calling for justice in the names of black men killed by police, both locally and nationally. Their demand: accountability for those who committed the acts as they ret...
Feb 06, 2023 (25 News)
Ameren defends rate increase requests
PEORIA, Ill. - The Citizens Utility Board is once again calling out Ameren as it makes another request for increased rates to the Illinois Commerce Commission. The utility is asking for $160 million i...
Feb 05, 2023 (Ameren Illinois)
East Peoria mayor hopeful new developments could finally start this year
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - It's still going to be built, and East Peoria Mayor John Kahl admits he's said that in each of the last couple years. But, Kahl says a four-story, 226 unit apartment complex called...
Feb 05, 2023 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Powerball jackpot increases to $747 million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The multi-state Powerball jackpot grows again, after no one matched all winning numbers Saturday night. The winning numbers drawn are 02, 08, 15, 19, 58, and the red Powerball numb...
Feb 05, 2023 (Powerball)
U.S. Justice Dept. to review Memphis police after Tyre Nichols' killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will participate in a review of the Memphis Police Department after the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by officers in ...
Feb 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view of a picture of Tyre Nichols during a news conference held by the family members of Nichols, the Black man who was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died three days later, at Mason Temple: Church of God in Christ World Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
CAPITOL RECAP: Gun lawsuit restraining order remains in place
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois' new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a divided state appell...
Feb 05, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
AAA: Gas prices trending down
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX NEWS) -- AAA says Saturday morning marked a 7th straight drop for gas prices, with the national average at $3.48 a gallon. Prices at the pump are trending lower modestly, but AAA...
Feb 04, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Survey pushes for greater focus on teacher recruitment and retention amid shortages
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois schools are still grappling with a teacher shortage that seems to only be getting worse, a recent survey by the Illinois Association of Regional Su...
Feb 03, 2023 Midwest Communications
Bond set for man accused of making downtown bomb threats
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set at $100,000 in the case of a Creve Coeur man who allegedly made three bomb threats to the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria. Court records indicate Val Burks was...
Feb 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Community spread of COVID-19 continues to decline, says IDPH
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's not going away -- at least not yet. But, it is getting close. The Illinois Department of Public Health says only five of the state's 102 counties still are at elevated levels ...
Feb 03, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
