Category Archives: Local News
UPDATED: Pritzker signs bill giving state government pay raises, advancing 'closing fund'
UPDATED 11:30 A.M. 1/10/23 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the highest levels of state government will receive substantial pay raises this month after the House and Senate pas...
Jan 9, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man taken to Peoria County Jail after Friday traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - One man was taken to the Peoria County Jail after a traffic stop on Friday night. Peoria Police said the stop occurred on East Arcadia St. by North Central Avenue. Authorities said a se...
Jan 8, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IDNR Director Callahan to step down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A state official with ties to Peoria and WMBD is leaving her role. Governor JB Pritzker's office says Illinois Department of Natural Resources director Colleen Callahan will step d...
Jan 7, 2023 (25 News)
Portillo's going cashless in drive-thrus
OAK BROOK, Ill. - If you want to pay in cash at Portillo's, you'll need to go inside. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the chain -- famous for its Italian Beef -- will no longer accept cash i...
Jan 7, 2023 (Portillo's)
KDB apparently also closes Sankoty Lakes
SPRING BAY, Ill. - The Scottish Rite Theatre and the Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts aren't the only entities closing as owner KDB Group says it's taking a look at all its operation...
Jan 7, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
Illinois Democrats push to further expand abortion, gender care access
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly hav...
Jan 7, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mega Millions jackpot now in the billions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The multi-state Mega Millions lottery has rolled over again, with no one winning the jackpot since October. Friday's jackpot was $940 million. Mega Millions officials say that mean...
Jan 7, 2023 Sean Freese / CC
Galena Road home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire caused a home on Galena Road to have to be destroyed. Peoria firefighters say crews were called to a home near Galena and Derby Roads at 10:00 p.m. Friday, and spent two and a ha...
Jan 7, 2023 D4E / CC
One injured in Thursday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a shooting Thursday afternoon in the area of Central Peoria. Peoria Police say they were called to Arcadia and Knoxville around 3:15 p.m. on a ShotSpotter a...
Jan 6, 2023 Midwest Communications
Police Chief: Homicides, shootings, other gun violence numbers all down in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says he's proving doubters wrong when it comes to the city's crime statistics for 2022. "When we talk about gun violence, 28 percent down on shooting...
Jan 6, 2023 (From a Peoria Police report)
