Category Archives: Local News
Sheriffs Department wants more information on fatal New Years Day hit-and-run
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - We're learning more about the fatal New Year's Day accident in rural Peoria County that claimed the life of a man, but detectives say they need more help. The accident occurred S...
Jan 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Apartment building in Washington total loss following fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A three-apartment house in Washington is a loss following a fire Tuesday morning. Washington Fire Chief Brett Brown tells our news partner 25 News fire broke out in the 100 block of...
Jan 04, 2022 25 News
Another Republican running for Illinois Secretary of State
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former federal and Springfield-area prosecutor is the latest candidate for Illinois Secretary of State. John Milhiser describes himself in a news release as having a "commitment ...
Jan 04, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/John Milhiser campaign
Man dead following Fulton County three-vehicle crash
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - One man is dead and two others are injured after a three-vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Fulton County. Our news partner 25 News reports the coroner pronounced Alex Oller, 2...
Jan 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: State will investigate phony COVID-19 testing sites
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the state isn't the only thing concerning him about the virus right now. Pritzker says there's a growing probl...
Jan 04, 2022 State of Illinois
Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush to retire after nearly 30 years in Congress - media
(Reuters) - U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of the year after completing 15 ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL) - Washington, U.S., 28/02/17 -. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Rural Avon man sentenced for murder of Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - Life in prison. That's the sentence a judge in Fulton County gave Tuesday to Nathan Woodring. He's the rural Avon man who shot and killed Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy Troy Chisu...
Jan 04, 2022
Peoria Police launches new "tip411" anonymous text tip line
PEORIA, Ill. - A new method for the public to contact Peoria Police if they see a crime is now officially available. It's a method Chief Eric Echevarria has long said was coming -- a new text message ...
Jan 03, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Autopsy results released on one of two Peoria homicide victims
PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results are in on one of the two of Peoria's New Years Day homicide victims. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Bridget Ross of Peoria, 35, likely died instantly from a gu...
Jan 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Hospital association: Our healthcare workers are tired; help them out and protect yourself from COVID-19
CHICAGO, Ill. - More officials are sounding a refrain that has become all too familiar during the COVID-19 pandemic, but maybe moreso in the last month or so with the Omicron variant becoming prevalen...
Jan 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
