Category Archives: Local News
Local doctor reacts to coming end of COVID emergency declarations
PEORIA, Ill. - Is it a good idea for the Biden Administration to end the U.S.' COVID-19 emergency declarations in May as the rest of the world sees a continued surge in new cases? Doctor Doug Kasper w...
Jan 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
County Clerks raising concerns about allocation of funds for rental housing program
PEORIA, Ill. - County clerks and housing authority leaders in Central Illinois are raising concerns about where money meant for rental housing assistance is going to. Representatives from Peoria, Taze...
Jan 31, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Amid 'unprecedented' prolonged revenue boom, state finds budget breathing room
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times,...
Jan 31, 2023 The graphic depicts the rise of state income tax revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic based on data from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. (Capitol News Illinois Illustration and photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Farm pauses new policies for some Kia, Hyundai vehicles
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington-based State Farm says it will no longer insure some older model Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The affected vehicles, according to media reports, are any made between 2015 a...
Jan 31, 2023 James Case / CC
Caterpillar misses profit estimates as costs weigh
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc on Tuesday reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as increasing manufacturing and freight costs pressured the heavy machinery maker's margins. Shares of Caterpillar...
Jan 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar Inc. equipment is on display for sale at a retail site in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
CAT union workers approve UAW strike authority
PEORIA, Ill. -- Members of the United Auto Workers Union at Caterpillar have overwhelmingly decided to give their leaders the authority to call a strike against the company in case contract negotiatio...
Jan 31, 2023 (Caterpillar)
Decade in federal prison for convicted meth dealer
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next decade in federal prison after being sentenced to felony drug charges. Court records indicate Robert Lee Ford, 38, was sentenced Monday to 120 months in...
Jan 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail June 2021)
CityLift service to Washington extended after pilot program success
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A pilot program that started six months ago for some residents of Washington is being continued for the time being. The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District says "CityLift" paratran...
Jan 30, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigate Sunday night carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a reported carjacking that occurred in an area close to both the West Bluff and Central Peoria. Police say it happened just after 9 p.m. Sunday on West M...
Jan 30, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Police investigate two armed robberies Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating two more armed robberies in two parts of the city on Sunday. One of those was reported prior to noon in the area of Bradley University. A female victim t...
Jan 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
