Category Archives: Local News
Eureka College ready to "Run with Reagan"
EUREKA, Ill. -- Eureka College will be a buzz with runners Saturday morning...as they "Run with Reagan". The event coincides with Eureka College's 100th Homecoming this weekend. So, will someone be dr...
Sep 23, 2022 (Eureka College via Facebook)
Repeat child porn offender sentenced to more time behind bars
PEORIA, Ill. -- A federal judge has sentenced a Peoria man to 15 years in prison for receiving child pornography while on supervised release for a similar crime. When David Robertson II, 39, is releas...
Sep 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
Chiropractor charged in federal court with Medicare fraud
PEORIA, Ill. - It took investigators a year, but a chiropractor in Eureka -- but who had locations in places like Peoria over the years -- is facing federal charges accusing her of fraud. Documents fi...
Sep 22, 2022 (25 News)
IL Supreme Court rules against former lawmakers who wanted retroactive back pay
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - They were apparently against it, before they were for it, and the Illinois Supreme Court took notice. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled against former Democrat State Senators James ...
Sep 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man sent to federal prison for gun crime
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man could have been given a lot more time in prison than he was on a felony gun crime. The U.S. Attorney's Office says a federal judge Wednesday sentenced Arnez Salazar, 26, to...
Sep 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Unemployment drops in August in most of Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "A strong labor market throughout the state." That's what Illinois Deputy Governor Andy Manar says after the latest state unemployment data that came out out Thursday. The statewid...
Sep 22, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Three hospitalized after three-vehicle Peoria accident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three people were taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash not far from Northwoods Mall Thursday morning. Peoria Police say the crash happened around 8:30 a.m...
Sep 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria Fine Art Fair returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Fine Art Fair will showcase a wide range of artists on the riverfront this weekend. "We have hundreds of applications that come in, in January...then we put them through a jur...
Sep 22, 2022 (Peoria Art Guild)
Pritzker calls for pair of legislators to resign
UPDATED 11:46 a.m. CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is calling for the resignation of two Democratic state legislators in response to misconduct allegations against them. Pritzker's full sta...
Sep 22, 2022 (File-State of Illinois)
Overnight shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of Spring and NE Adams Streets around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday on reports of multiple gunshots. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said an ...
Sep 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
