Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Federal judge temporarily blocks Illinois law subjecting 'crisis pregnancy centers' to civil liability
UPDATED 8:00 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A new law allowing Illinoisans to sue so-called crisis pregnancy centers under the state's Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices...
Aug 4, 2023 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul stands with fellow abortion rights advocates on Thursday to celebrate the signing of a bill allowing Illinoisans to sue crisis pregnancy centers that engage in “deceptive acts” aimed at deterring abortions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Teen goes to federal prison for using a modified gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for a little more than four years after he allegedly was caught with a modified gun earlier this year. The U.S. Attorney's office says a federal ...
Aug 4, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New housing will help a growing portion of Peoria's homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. - Construction is ongoing on a new apartment that will help address homelessness in a population you might not think has much of a problem with it, but it does. Phoenix Community Developm...
Aug 4, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria Riverfront Project advances out of planning and zoning commission
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Project is another step closer to becoming reality. The city's planning and zoning commission voted 4-1 Thursday afternoon to recommend the plan to the city counci...
Aug 4, 2023 (Terra Engineering/City of Peoria)
Illinois creates Whole Child Task Force to better support students
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois has a new law that will require schools to better address student trauma. The law is based on recommendations from the Whole Child Task Force, which was created by the Illinoi...
Aug 3, 2023 Montse PB / CC
Two arrested on charges accusing them of having a stolen license plate, a stolen car, and stolen power tools
PEORIA, Ill. - Two area residents are accused by Peoria Police of having a stolen car, with a stolen license plate, and stolen power tools. Police say a license plate reader detected the stolen plate ...
Aug 3, 2023 Joslyn Pitts (left) and Kevin O'Keefe (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Two are in jail after an elderly woman is beaten and her car is stolen
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are in jail, accused of beating an elderly woman and stealing her car Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Police say it happened around 1:45 p.m. near Adams and Hayward in the North ...
Aug 3, 2023 Ashlee Dixon (left) and Luke Riordan (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trio arrested in connection with Peoria fire Wednesday morning, here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There's new information about a residential fire that happened Wednesday morning in Peoria. Police and the Peoria Fire Department arrived at a home on W. Gift around 10 a.m., finding fl...
Aug 3, 2023 Augusting Young (left), Nija Redden (center), and Randy Harvey (right). (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Missing wolf statue is believed to have been found
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - It didn't take long. Not long after a statue of a wolf was reported missing from outside a central Peoria home, it's been found. Sources tell us owner Blair Gambill is...
Aug 3, 2023 (25 News)
Big time disc golf tournament returns to Peoria area the next several days. Here are the details
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A big event is starting Thursday in Peoria. It's billed as the "world's largest disc golf tournament" - the Ledgestone Open being played at a number of venues in the area, incl...
Aug 3, 2023 (Ledgestone Open)
