Category Archives: Local News
Bradley invited to NIT; to play Wisconsin in Round 1
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley University men's basketball team will have a formidable foe when they start the big part of their playoff run. As expected, the Braves got invited to the National Invitation...
Mar 12, 2023 (Bradley University)
UAW approves new six-year contract with Caterpillar
PEORIA, Ill. - A 27 percent pay increase. That's one of the things Caterpillar says the United Auto Workers agreed to in a new six-year contract effective Monday, after ratification votes this weekend...
Mar 12, 2023 (Caterpillar)
Peoria Police arrest wanted subject
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man wanted by police was found and arrested Friday evening. Peoria Police says officers observed 25-year-old Andrew Johnson leave a residence and drive away in a vehicle. Johns...
Mar 12, 2023
General Assembly discussing gas stove warning labels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new warning label could soon be placed on gas stoves sold in Illinois. A bill going through the General Assembly would require the label to warn consumers about potential respira...
Mar 12, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Vehicle burglaries reported in Woodford County
MINONK, Ill. - Not many details are known, but the Woodford County Sheriffs Department says a particular type of crime that's been happening a lot in the Peoria area is happening there, too. Officials...
Mar 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois COVID cases 'stable,' according to officials
CHICAGO, Ill. - Some changes once again this week in the number of COVID-19 cases statewide, and in how the virus is being spread. The Illinois Department of Public Health says while the number of cou...
Mar 11, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Canton man jailed on weapons, drug charges
CANTON, Ill. - Police in Canton say they caught a man showing off a gun at a local convenience store. Police say Calder Walker, 38, was arrested Thursday afternoon at a Casey's location in the Fulton ...
Mar 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
First court appearance for woman accused of killing man
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set at $500,000 for the woman police say stabbed and killed a man who turned out to be her boyfriend. Heaven Kruzan, 22, made her first appearance in court Friday afternoo...
Mar 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man gets minimum in prison for meth delivery
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for the better part of a decade after he was caught distributing methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Keyshawn Banks, 24, was sentenced Thurs...
Mar 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bill would give 'child influencers' a share of parents' vlogging revenue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Parents who make money posting videos of their children on social media channels may soon be legally required to share that revenue with their kids. The Ill...
Mar 10, 2023 Democratic state Sens. Dave Koehler, center, and Linda Holmes discuss a bill they are pushing to make sure children who appear in their parents’ revenue-generating videos receive a share of the those revenues. It is an idea brought to them by a high school student from Normal, Shreya Nallamothu, left. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
