Category Archives: Local News
Illinois GED gets a name change on New Years Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois' "GED" will be getting a name change as of Sunday. The GED certificate will instead be called the "State of Illinois High School Diploma." "This is important ...
Dec 26, 2022 COD Newsroom / CC
New year to bring new laws in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state's criminal justice system - the elimi...
Dec 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bustos: $66 million in projects funded in 17th District in omnibus spending bill
EAST MOLINE, Ill. - Outgoing 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos says her last vote in Congress was for the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. Bustos, in a recent virtual news conference, says that incl...
Dec 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois American Water: Glasford will experience interruption of service
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois American Water will be completing a critical project in Glasford this week that will require a temporary interruption in water service on Wednesday. The utility says bottled w...
Dec 26, 2022 Illinois American Water
Christmas tree recycling options in Central IL
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- You may be wondering what to do with your live Christmas tree after the holidays. Residents of Tazewell County can bring their trees to a number of drop off points December 26...
Dec 26, 2022 Kevin Krejci / CC
The pandemic ushered in a new era of emergency housing, but it now faces a fiscal cliff
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For Illinois' homeless populations and those that serve them, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a crisis - the volunteer, mostly faith-based shelters that h...
Dec 24, 2022 Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
State: 88 counties now have elevated COVID transmission levels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two more Illinois counties are once again on the list of counties with elevated levels of COVID-19 transmission. That's according to the Illinois Department of Public Health and Ce...
Dec 24, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Manier could run for state legislative seat
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The Mayor of Washington is strongly considering throwing his hat into the ring for another state legislative seat that is in Republican hands because of the incumbent's resignation....
Dec 24, 2022 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Crews battle fire in Spring Bay
UPDATED 6:08 A.M. 12/24/22 SPRING BAY, Ill. - We're learning more about a fire that has now completely destroyed a home in Woodford County. It was reported after 1:00 p.m. Friday on Sunset Drive in Sp...
Dec 23, 2022 (25 News)
UPDATE: Two fires fought by Bartonville Fire Friday
UPDATED 6:15 A.M. 12/24/22 BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Crews from Bartonville had two fires to contend with under extremely cold conditions Friday. Bartonville Fire officials say one happened in the late afte...
Dec 23, 2022
