Category Archives: Local News
Man arrested for shooting and carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have a man in custody for an alleged shooting and carjacking at a busy East Bluff area gas station. Peoria Police say Patrick Meyer, 24, was arrested Thursday and...
Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Durbin wants Twitter to address child sexual exploitation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "I know you are a father so I trust you will take this issue seriously." That's how Illinois Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin starts a letter to Twitter CEO ...
Dec 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested for two Fulton County burglaries
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Authorities in Fulton County say they've arrested man allegedly responsible for at least a pair of burglaries more than a month ago. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says Michae...
Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Former cabinet maker arrested on Deceptive Practices charges
PEORIA, Ill. - What started out as one complaint of fraud allegedly by a local businessman resulted in the businessman being arrested on what Peoria Police say is sixteen felony counts of Deceptive Pr...
Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts ...
Dec 15, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker celebrates passage of state Workers Rights Constitutional Amendment
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Democrats are taking another victory lap connected to the 2022 election. Governor JB Pritzker and union leaders Thursday celebrated the passage of the Workers Rights Amendment...
Dec 15, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Teen pleads not guilty in murder of another teen
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a shooting more than a month ago near Quest Charter Middle School. Erick Jackson, 18, made the plea in Peoria County ...
Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State: unemployment inches up slightly, jobs also go up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's jobless average went up last month, but so did job growth. Using federal data, the state says the state unemployment...
Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
One arrested, one injured following shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is believed to be in custody after late-morning shooting in Central Peoria. Peoria Police say the shooting was reported around 11:30 Thursday morning on West Joan Court near ...
Dec 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
Two indicted by grand jury for stealing catalytic converters
PEORIA, Ill. - One of two men accused of taking catalytic converters off vehicles in a car dealership lot is pleading not guilty. Derrick Kline, 30, made the plea in court Thursday, after a grand jury...
Dec 15, 2022 Charles Foster (left), and Derrick Kline (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
