Category Archives: Local News
"Operation Last Watch" launched to honor local veterans receiving end of life care
PEORIA, Ill. - Rick Otey, a 76-year-old Navy vet, has embarked on a mission to honor local veterans receiving hospice or end of life care. He tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" what Operation Last Watch enta...
Nov 20, 2025 Ken Jones / CC
Dream Center Peoria holding a special distribution event on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center Peoria will be holding a special distribution of grocery and toiletry items this Friday, November 21st, as part of their local emergency relief initiative. The event will t...
Nov 20, 2025 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
7th Circuit stays judge's order restricting immigration agents' use of riot control weapons
Article Summary The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and granted a stay on a federal judge's order restricting immigration agents' use of riot control weap...
Nov 19, 2025 Several immigration enforcement agents push back media and protestors as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino makes his way out of the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago on Oct. 28. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Washington's Tournament of Champions celebrates 20 years of elite high school basketball
One of the country's most renowned high school basketball tournaments returns to Washington next week, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Kevin Brown Memorial Tournament of Champions runs November ...
Nov 19, 2025 Kevin Brown Memorial Tournament of Champions
Man arrested near Pekin High School after reports of handguns
A man was arrested near Pekin Community High School Tuesday afternoon after a passerby reported seeing him with what appeared to be handguns. The Pekin Police Department responded to the area of Parkw...
Nov 19, 2025
Pritzker discusses immigration crackdown with Pope Leo XIV in Rome
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids. Both have been outspoken critics of the tr...
Nov 19, 2025 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker shakes Pope Leo XIV’s during a meeting in Vatican City on Nov. 19, 2025. (The Vatican)
Illinois Liquor Commission: Mobile IDs provide new resource for preventing sales to minors
Businesses in Illinois selling alcohol now have something new in their toolbox to fight underage drinking and fake identification. According to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, Mobile IDs, whic...
Nov 19, 2025 Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced on Tuesday that Illinois driver's licenses and state IDs will be added to Apple Wallet on Wednesday (Nov. 19)
(Photo from Illinois Secretary of State's website)
Ameren customers in the Alta area affected by midday power outage
PEORIA, Ill. - As of 12:30 p.m., over 1,700 Ameren Illinois customers were without power in North Peoria on Wednesday. The Ameren Outage Map showed outage reports in the Alta area. Ameren said the com...
Nov 19, 2025 (Ameren Illinois)
Sorensen delivers $8M for new readiness center at Peoria's National Guard facility
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) has helped to secure $8 million in federal funding to build a new readiness center for the Illinois Army National Guard in Peoria. "The Illinois Ar...
Nov 19, 2025 U.S. Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois National Guard, deplane a C-130 Hercules aircraft to prepare for exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23) at Wunstorf Air Base, Wunstorf, Germany, May 31, 2023. Exercise AD23 integrates both U.S. and Allied air-power to defend shared values, while leveraging and strengthening vital partnerships to deter aggression around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Helmig)
Local organizations launch major efforts to combat food insecurity this holiday season
Peoria, Ill. - As the holidays near and families throughout the region are struggling with increasing needs, two Central Illinois organizations are increasing efforts to combat food insecurity. The Co...
Nov 19, 2025 Vejaa / Depositphotos.com
