Category Archives: Local News
Portillo's going cashless in drive-thrus
OAK BROOK, Ill. - If you want to pay in cash at Portillo's, you'll need to go inside. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the chain -- famous for its Italian Beef -- will no longer accept cash i...
Jan 07, 2023 (Portillo's)
KDB apparently also closes Sankoty Lakes
SPRING BAY, Ill. - The Scottish Rite Theatre and the Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts aren't the only entities closing as owner KDB Group says it's taking a look at all its operation...
Jan 07, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
Illinois Democrats push to further expand abortion, gender care access
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly hav...
Jan 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mega Millions jackpot now in the billions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The multi-state Mega Millions lottery has rolled over again, with no one winning the jackpot since October. Friday's jackpot was $940 million. Mega Millions officials say that mean...
Jan 07, 2023 Sean Freese / CC
Galena Road home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire caused a home on Galena Road to have to be destroyed. Peoria firefighters say crews were called to a home near Galena and Derby Roads at 10:00 p.m. Friday, and spent two and a ha...
Jan 07, 2023 D4E / CC
One injured in Thursday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a shooting Thursday afternoon in the area of Central Peoria. Peoria Police say they were called to Arcadia and Knoxville around 3:15 p.m. on a ShotSpotter a...
Jan 06, 2023 Midwest Communications
Police Chief: Homicides, shootings, other gun violence numbers all down in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says he's proving doubters wrong when it comes to the city's crime statistics for 2022. "When we talk about gun violence, 28 percent down on shooting...
Jan 06, 2023 (From a Peoria Police report)
Illinois officials proclaiming record cannabis sales in 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois officials are toting a record number of cannabis sales in the state in 2022. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says adult use cannabis dispe...
Jan 06, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria County makes arguments in court to eliminate auditor office
PEORIA, Ill. - Attorneys for Peoria County argue there is no merit to keeping the county's auditor office open. Arguments were made in appellate court on Wednesday. Auditor Jessica Thomas has argued t...
Jan 06, 2023 (Peoria County)
UPDATE: Faulty detector to blame for problem with plane at PIA
UPDATED 5:10 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- A United Airlines plane was forced to return to Peoria's General Wayne A. Downing International Airport Friday morning after reports of smoke coming from inside the a...
Jan 06, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
