Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker looking at gas tax relief beyond state budget proposal
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he's looking at ways the state can lower the price of gas. Pritzker's State of the State and budget address in February included a proposal to canc...
Mar 18, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
UPDATE: Missing Danvers man found dead in pond
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. DANVERS, Ill. - A man the Tazewell County Sheriffs Department asked for help locating earlier Friday was found dead. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Patrick Lindsey, 69, ...
Mar 18, 2022
ICC trustees vote to keep Fall 22, Spring 23 and Summer 23 tuition rates flat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Central College is pledging to keep its tuition rates flat for a third straight year. On Thursday, the ICC Board of Trustees voted to keep the in-district tuition rate at $155...
Mar 18, 2022 Illinois Central College
Legislation aims to change Illinois' sexual assault laws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Lawmakers are working on bills to close loopholes in Illinois sexual assault laws. One measure, sponsored by Rep. Katie Stuart of Collinsville, is based on a case in another state...
Mar 18, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
New Illinois legislation addresses war on Ukraine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Democrats have put together new legislation addressing Russia's war on Ukraine. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Lindsey Lapointe, of Chicago, said this is one of the most ...
Mar 18, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
ICC advances in NJCAA Tournament, defeating Edison State
PORT HURON, Mich. - The Illinois Central College women's basketball team, after losing its first game of the tournament, is now back to its winning ways. The #4 Cougars Thursday defeated 12th-seeded E...
Mar 17, 2022 (Alex Staab via Twitter)
Fulton County nature preserve closed due to avian flu case
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A nature preserve south of Peoria in Fulton County is closed to the public amid growing concerns of avian influenza. The Nature Conservancy says it closed Emiquon Preserve Wednesday ...
Mar 17, 2022 (Illinois Office of Tourism)
A sea of green returns to downtown Peoria for St. Patrick's Day Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Almost 150 floats and thousands of people -- mostly wearing green -- took to downtown Peoria Thursday for the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade, put on by the Saint Patrick Society of P...
Mar 17, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
AAA: Local gas prices are down a bit this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gas prices have actually dropped a few cents in the Peoria-Pekin metro area this week. According to Triple A, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas locally is $4.53, just a pe...
Mar 17, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Jussie Smollett released from jail while appealing conviction
(Reuters) - An Illinois appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of actor Jussie Smollett from jail while the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire" appeals his conviction for staging a hate cri...
Mar 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his arraignment on renewed felony charges in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
