Category Archives: Local News
Another arrest in Peoria stadium fight investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have now arested almost a dozen people in connection with a fight earlier that caused panic and evacuations at a Peoria High School football game late last month. Police s...
Sep 13, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria music teacher continues to plead about 'assaults' by young students
PEORIA, Ill. -- A music teacher from one Peoria elementary school continues to make complaints about safety at her school, hoping to raise awareness. Caitlin Hale of Maude A. Sanders Primary School sp...
Sep 13, 2022 (Peoria Public Schools via YouTube)
Event to raise awareness about the Madison Theater project
PEORIA, Ill. -- A $39 million project has begun in downtown Peoria. The Madison Theater Preservation Association, which now owns the historic theater, is raising awareness about what they're doing wit...
Sep 13, 2022
UPDATED: Two firefighters hurt, three structures lost to South Peoria arson fires
PEORIA, Ill. - Two firefighters are being treated for injuries and several properties in South Peoria have likely suffered significant damage from fires and first response reported during the late eve...
Sep 12, 2022 Midwest Communications
Illinois man pleads guilty to assaults during Jan. 6 riots
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A central Illinois man is admitting to the actions he committed during the January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department says Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, near...
Sep 12, 2022 (Sangamon Co. Jail via WTAX Radio)
Ameren keeps areas around power lines power-friendly and environmentally-friendly
HANNA CITY, Ill. - Ameren Illinois doesn't just mow the grass and plant life around high-voltage towers in order to try and keep utility workers safe in the event of an outage; the utility says it als...
Sep 12, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker: Illinois Family Relief Plan checks going out starting this week
CHICAGO, Ill. - Some say it's an election year gimmick to try and buy votes. But Governor JB Pritzker says it's a way to give as many as six million Illinois tax payers some relief at a time when they...
Sep 12, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice to retire
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court is ready to call it a career. The state's high court says Chief Justice Ann Burke will retire at the end of the November, about a mo...
Sep 12, 2022 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Man arrested for suspected car-versus-pedestrian accident
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is injured and one person is in trouble with the law after an accident Sunday afternoon in downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say the accident happened around 3:40 p.m. on West R...
Sep 12, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATED: Standoff ends with two in custody in Spring Bay
UPDATE: 5:07 p.m. SPRING BAY, Ill. -- Local deputies say two people are now in custody following an hours-long standoff in Woodford County Monday. Initially, officers reported their response and the e...
Sep 12, 2022 (25 News)
