Category Archives: Local News
Appeals court weighs release of immigration detainees to electronic monitoring
Article Summary The Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether a lower court judge overstepped last month when he ordered the release of several hundred immigration detainees to...
Dec 02, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Riverfront Museum lights Christmas tree for 2025 season
PEORIA, Ill. - The lights of the Christmas season are shining brightly along Peoria's Riverfront Museum. A 75-foot Norway spruce tree adorned in more than 40-thousand lights was lit up for the first t...
Dec 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Home of Washington brewery on the market, business itself is not
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The home of a brewery in Washington is on the market. The building that houses Tangled Roots Brewery Company is being listed for sale by McColly Real Estate, for a price tag of $5.2...
Dec 02, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Car fire occurs in front of Morton's Grundy School during the end of the school day
MORTON, Ill. - There were no reported injuries after a car fire Tuesday afternoon in front of Morton's Grundy School. In a statement from Morton District 709, the fire occurred just after 2:45 P.M. in...
Dec 02, 2025 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to issue state-specific vaccine guidelines
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill allowing the Illinois Department of Public Health to issue vaccine guidance independent of federal guidelines. It broadens IDPH's scope to consider the a...
Dec 02, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs House Bill 767 at a Dec. 2 news conference in Chicago. He said the bill will protect Illinoisians using science-backed guidelines, rather than “junk science” used by the federal administration under the guidance of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (CNI photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Peoria Fire honors for efforts to install smoke detectors in homes
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is celebrating a significant safety milestone. The department was honored Tuesday morning by the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance for installing 1,000 free smoke...
Dec 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Residents and their pets rescued from Peoria fire Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Faulty electrical equipment appears to be to blame for a fire in Peoria Tuesday morning that caused $25,000 damage and sent one person to the hospital. Battalion Chief Josh Maroney said...
Dec 02, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Toto's coming back to Peoria in March
PEORIA, Ill. - Get ready to "Hold The Line", because Toto is coming back to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in the spring. The Peoria Civic Center announces that Toto will take the stage on Thursday...
Dec 02, 2025 Toto returns to the Peoria Civic Center in the Prairie Home Alliance Theater on Thursday, March 12. (Courtesy of Peoria Civic Center)
Illinois' largest indoor farm show gets underway in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria Farm Show is back for its 42nd year at the Peoria Civic Center this week. It's Illinois' largest indoor farm show, with all the latest information in agriculture and ...
Dec 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
West Bluff home damaged by fire Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears a faulty furnace is to blame for a fire Monday morning in Peoria's West Bluff. Battalion Chief Josh Martin said the fire in the 2100 block of N. Machin Avenue started in the ...
Dec 02, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
