Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County Sheriff officially resigns
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell has notified the Peoria County Board and County Clerk of his intent to resign as Peoria County Sheriff. The resignation took...
Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County)
Justice Lisa Holder-White joins Illinois Supreme Court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first black woman to sit on the Illinois Supreme Court was sworn in Thursday. After taking the oath at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, new ...
Jul 08, 2022
Man charged with driving stolen car through Bloomington airport gate
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A Central Illinois man faces a host of charges stemming from him allegedly driving his car through a fence at the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Stephon Carter, ...
Jul 07, 2022 (McLean County Jail via 25 News)
Campground employee pleads not guilty to felony sex charges
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of having sex with a 14-year-old girl at a local campground. 25 News reports Jose Emmett, 25, made the plea to charg...
Jul 07, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Man pleads not guilty in Peoria homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man charged with First-Degree Murder for the city's ninth homicide has entered a not guilty plea in the case. Court records indicate 34-year-old Stephen Coaxum's attorney also ...
Jul 07, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Feds fund replacement of PIA control tower
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria International Airport will be getting some money its director says is desperately needed. $15 million in federal money is coming to the airport through the Federal Aviation Admin...
Jul 07, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ISP: Illinois Red Flag laws only work with proper information
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly characterizes the policy surrounding the state's red flag laws as an ongoing work in progress, but he adds that the system requires we...
Jul 07, 2022 (via Village of Highland Park, IL)
There's no A/C at Peoria City Hall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Hall will be open, but without air conditioning, on Thursday, July 7, and Friday, July 8. City Hall receives its chilled air from the Peoria Civic Center, next door, which ...
Jul 07, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Twin Towers getting fire safety upgrades
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria's Twin Towers is receiving over $500,000 in safety upgrades months after a fire damaged one of the two towers. In March, a fire on the 26th floor of the East tower caused smoke a...
Jul 07, 2022 1470 100.3 WMBD
Soil moisture may soon become issue for corn, soybean crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There hasn't been a lot of rain in the area in recent weeks, but the corn and soybean crops seem to be holding up well. The USDA weekly Crop Progress Report for Illinois shows corn...
Jul 06, 2022 Alabama Extension
