Category Archives: Local News
Suspect identified in West Peoria bar shooting
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department has identified a suspect in a shooting a week ago in West Peoria. Sheriff Chris Watkins says it's believed that Brandon Eckwood, 39, is the ma...
Mar 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Another group of graduates from city's "PeoriaCorps" program
PEORIA, Ill. - Four local people are the latest to graduate from the City's "PeoriaCorps" program. It's a program through the national "AmeriCorps" initiative that, in this case, provides job training...
Mar 20, 2023 PeoriaCorps "Cohort" group, left to right: Erin Williams, Nyja Robinson, Council Member Andre Allen (guest speaker at graduation), Jaylen Green, and Benjamin Noe Reyes. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Area counties lead way on corn and soybean production
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some of the best counties for corn and soybean production in the United States are in central Illinois. Data released from the USDA for 2022 county estimates shows Illinois as the ...
Mar 20, 2023 Alabama Extension
Suspect wanted after Tazewell County shooting
HOPEDALE, Ill. - A female is in stable condition at a Peoria hospital after a reported shooting in Tazewell County Sunday afternoon. The Tazewell County Sheriffs Department says deputies were first ca...
Mar 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Sheriffs Office)
Gas prices increase in Peoria-area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria-area are trickling upward. GasBuddy says the average price of a gallon of unleaded is around $3.62, a 5.6 cent increase from a week ago. The average is 6.5 cent...
Mar 20, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Lawmakers advance measure to regulate ride-shares as 'common carriers'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers are considering a bill that would treat ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft as "common carriers," opening them up to the same level of liab...
Mar 20, 2023 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine
U.S. Senate Democrat Durbin tests positive for COVID, will quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on Sunday that he will quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, adding to a number of lawmakers from both par...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin takes part in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria crash sends four people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria crews responded to a two-vehicle accident with entrapment just after 6 p.m. Sunday in the area of N. Orange Prairie Road and W. Flagstone Drive. Crews used hydraulic cutters and...
Mar 20, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Teen injured in Saturday night shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was injured after Peoria Police say he was shot at Saturday night. Police officials released details of the incident more than twelve hours after they say a ShotSpotter alert...
Mar 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
2022 breaks records for film/TV production in Illinois -Pritzker
CHICAGO, Ill. - You know all the "Chicago" shows legendary TV producer Dick Wolf puts out? They're largely produced in Illinois, and the shows helped contribute to the state's record year last year fo...
Mar 19, 2023 (State of Illinois)
