Category Archives: Local News
Man gets 12 years in federal prison on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- A high level drug pusher who operated around Peoria and Bloomington will now spend more than a decade in federal prison. It's the announcement from U.S. Attorneys for the Central Distr...
Mar 25, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
East Peoria Man sentenced to over 12 years in prison on child porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession of child pornography, followed by a life term of supervised release. The United States ...
Mar 25, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
State lawmakers approve big debt paydown; GOP says it's a bad plan
UPDATED 11:08 A.M. 3/25/22 Governor JB Pritzker signed the legislation Friday morning. ------------------ SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both sides are accusing the other of playing politics, now that both legis...
Mar 24, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Brazilian tech firm coming to U.S., including Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A technology firm based in Brazil is expanding to the United States, and one of the places it's coming to is Peoria. The company is called Manusis4, and it's described as specializing i...
Mar 24, 2022 Manusis4
Union to state: Home care workers need a raise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A top union leader says his men and women -- mostly women -- deserve a raise, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic showed their worth. Service Employees International Union Healt...
Mar 24, 2022 SEIU Healthcare
Caterpillar, Altorfer host equipment operating challenge
EDWARDS, Ill. - The Peoria area is one of a number of places around the world where people will compete to see who is the best of the best at operating some of Caterpillar's heavy machinery. A regiona...
Mar 24, 2022 (Lisa Miller/Caterpillar, Inc.)
Pekin man sentenced to prison for selling ice meth
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for methamphetamine distribution, and five years of supervised release. The U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday tha...
Mar 24, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bustos: Peoria Headstart receives $3.6 million grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced on Thursday that the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in federal grant money for the city...
Mar 24, 2022 Baltimore County Government
IDPH closing down community-based COVID testing sites
PEKIN, Ill. -- Illinois' community-based COVID-19 testing sites will be closing at the end of the month. According to a press release from Reditus Labs, the decision to close the sites starting March ...
Mar 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD makes arrest in midday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the area of NE Perry and Wayne just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on a ShotSpotter alert indicating multiple shots were fired. No victim was found at the scen...
Mar 24, 2022 (Peoria Co. Jail)
