Category Archives: Local News
New bill recognizes importance of Illinois' emergency dispatchers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Emergency dispatchers would be classified as first responders under a new bill that passed the Illinois Senate this week. Senator Neil Anderson, of Moline, says it's a simple chan...
Feb 25, 2022 U.S. Department of the Interior
Durbin: Putin is a 'madman'
CHICAGO, Ill. - Does Senator Dick Durbin think Russian President Vladimir Putin will "go nuclear" in that country's invasion of Ukraine? "I pray that isn't even in the realm of possibilities," said Du...
Feb 24, 2022 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Tri-County COVID-19 Update: Health Department stays in contact with PPS, and new cases continue to decline
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says she talks with Peoria Public Schools and others still talk frequently about COVID-19, even as parents are split on whether the ...
Feb 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Teen pleads not guilty in connection with stabbing death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager who is charged in connection with the stabbing death of another teen has pleaded not guilty. Court records indicate Damony Thompson, 19, made the plea to a charge of M...
Feb 24, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
IL GOP proposes permanent school choice, other education legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois' Republican lawmakers are again looking at school choice, and choice in who governs the Illinois State Board of Education. "[It] ought to be made permanent, and ought to b...
Feb 24, 2022 State Sen. Jason Barickman (Illinios General Assembly)
Gas prices expected to rise, perhaps sharply on European conflict
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the news of a Russian ground invasion into Ukraine, there is the distinct chance for energy prices to increase sharply, particularly for drivers. At present, the price motorists p...
Feb 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria crews battle early morning blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crews responded around 3:30 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the area of S. Charles and W. Hayes Streets in Peoria. En route to the scene, firefighters were told that someone may have ...
Feb 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
State Police: Record amounts, and record values, of drugs seized statewide
METAMORA, Ill. - $71 million. That's the value Illinois State Police says is of 400 percent more fentanyl, 260 percent more heroin, and 190 percent more meth seized by law enforcement, among other ill...
Feb 23, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three days, three stolen cars, eight juveniles detained in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have offered details on three recent criminal cases, all involving juvenile suspects and one involving an infant victim. Between Saturday and Monday, PPD says officers re...
Feb 23, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
No foul play suspected in Hanna City infant death, but autopsy pending
PEORIA, Ill. -- There is currently no evidence of foul play in the death of an infant, discovered in Peoria County on Tuesday. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood confirms earlier reports about the ba...
Feb 23, 2022
