Category Archives: Local News
Man charged with Grooming, woman charged with Burglary, in separate grand jury cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury met this week, and filed charges in a number of cases. Among them, Aaron Cornwell (pictured above), 30, was charged with a Class-4 Felony count of Grooming. T...
Jan 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Galesburg woman dies in crash near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A woman from Galesburg is dead following an accident on Interstate 74 Thursday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says it happened around 6:40 a.m. near Brimfield, in the v...
Jan 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Police arrest juveniles in two separate cases
PEORIA, Ill. - Juveniles were arrested in two separate incidents in Peoria within the past 24 hours. Police say a 15-year-old was arrested Wednesday at around 5:40 P.M. in the area of East Ravine and ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Heights home damaged by fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Peoria Heights home sustained major fire and smoke damage late Wednesday night. In a Facebook post, the Peoria Heights Fire Department said crews were called to E. Robin Cour...
Jan 26, 2023 D4E / CC
IL Senate GOP hopes to block graduated income tax efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Senate Republicans are hoping to stave off any renewed attempts to pass a progressive income tax. There's been talk of trying again to pass a new tax structure, after it ...
Jan 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State rifle association seeks preliminary injunction in federal suit
Bonfield, Ill. -- The Illinois State Rifle Association has requested a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the state's assault weapons ban. The federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District...
Jan 26, 2023 The National Crime Agency / CC
State makes last federal COVID loan payment early
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A $4.5 billion federal loan that helped the state get through the COVID-19 pandemic is officially paid back. The loan, according to the Governor's office and Comptroller Susana Men...
Jan 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
No PPS educators at music education conference in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - It's being held right in the Peoria Public School District's back yard; but, a big conference going on won't have any District 150 representation. The Illinois Music Education Associati...
Jan 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Anti-violence initiative detail results in nine arrests
PEORIA, Ill. - 52 traffic stops, and nine arrests. That's the short version of results from Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria's latest special patrol as part of his ongoing anti-violence initiative....
Jan 25, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chicago high-rise fire leaves one dead, eight injured
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fast-moving fire on Wednesday spread to nine floors of a high-rise apartment building on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring eight, including a firefighter, off...
Jan 25, 2023 Fire rages in a high-rise apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 25, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Chicago Fire Department/via REUTERS
