Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker to participate in World Economic Forum
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is in Switzerland for few days. Pritzker has been invited to speak at and participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he said Friday befor...
Jan 15, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested on weapons, other charges after domestic dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Friday afternoon after a domestic dispute police believe happened earlier in the day. Titus Leonard, 22, is in jail on charges of Domestic Battery, Interferenc...
Jan 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -At least five people were killed and 15 wounded in a suspected Islamist militant bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern...
Jan 15, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Fire damages West Bluff home
PEORIA, Ill. - A candle is believed to have caused a fire that caused damage to a West Bluff home Saturday, not far from the Bradley University campus. Peoria firefighters say that was the cause of th...
Jan 15, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ACA Marketplace open enrollment ends Sunday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you need health insurance, Sunday, January 15 is the deadline for choosing a plan through the A-C-A Marketplace. More than 330,000 Illinois residents have selected coverage fro...
Jan 14, 2023
Multi-million dollar renovations planned for Pekin High School
PEKIN, Ill. - Numerous projects are being planned for this summer at Pekin High School. Superintendent Danielle Owens recently laid out what work will be done at the school. Owens say the biggest proj...
Jan 13, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker signs reproductive rights expansion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday dur...
Jan 13, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks Friday in Chicago after signing a bill into law that expands access to abortion and gender-affirming health care, and also gives legal protections to health care providers who perform those services. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com/Capitol News Illinois)
UPDATE: UAW prepares Caterpillar workers for potential strike
UPDATED 4:27 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The union representing Caterpillar workers in the Peoria area says they don't want to have to strike, but they want to be ready to do so anyway. United Auto Workers Lo...
Jan 13, 2023 (25 News)
Peorian caught beating a dog on camera going to prison
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man caught on camera beating a dog last July is going to prison, a punishment the sheriff envisioned at the time of the man's arrest. Judge John Vespa sentenced Nicholas Princ...
Jan 13, 2023 (Peoria County Jail)
Sheriffs say they want no role in enforcing state's assault weapon registry
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Dozens of county sheriffs in Illinois - approximately "80-ish," per Illinois Sheriffs' Association head Jim Kaitschuck - say they'll refuse to enforce a pro...
Jan 12, 2023 (State of Illinois)
