Category Archives: Local News
Firefighters called to fire at Glen Oak Towers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the scene of a working fire at Glen Oak Towers Monday morning around 7 a.m. Residents of the building were evacuated. One resident told news partner ...
Nov 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
ISBE report card reflects pandemic's impact on Illinois schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois State Board of Education has released its latest school report card. The data has shown how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Illinois schools. ISBE Research Officer ...
Oct 31, 2021 Midwest Communications
Third suspect in death of Manual High student arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a third suspect in the shooting death of a Manual High School Student has turned herself in. Police are only saying it's a juvenile female they are not identifying. Sh...
Oct 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Free meals "sprinkle" love in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman says in a time when the city is experiencing so much violence, you can always spread a little love. That's just what our news partner 25 News says Tina Foley was doing Fr...
Oct 30, 2021
State, local police step up patrols this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill - State and local police are boosting their enforcement efforts over this Halloween weekend. More than 1,000 people have died on Illinois roads this year, and Illinois Department of T...
Oct 30, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Heights woman gets decade in federal prison for meth dealing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Heights woman is going to prison for more than 11 years, after admitting to distribute what federal prosecutors call "highly pure" methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney for the Ce...
Oct 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Man faces fraud charges, accused of falsely trying to obtain COVID-19 relief funds
PEORIA, Ill. - A rural Knox County resident who once owned a restaurant in Fulton County is facing federal charges for allegedly trying to get more COVID-19 relief money than he should have. The U.S. ...
Oct 29, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Juvenile accused of Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile is being charged wtih a Peoria carjacking. Peoria Police say a female told officers a male juvenile approached her holding a gun and demanding her property in the 4100 block ...
Oct 29, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
State lawmakers give final approval for Pritzker's electric car incentives
Peoria, Ill -- Illinois lawmakers play ball with the Governor on electric car incentives. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is cheering final approval of the so-called "REV Act" in the Illinois legislat...
Oct 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The logo for electric vehicle startup Rivian is seen on the hood of its new R1T all-electric truck in Mill Valley, California, U.S., January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
UPDATED: GOP Rep. Kinzinger is out while LaHood is in
UPDATE: 11:27 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6...
Oct 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger gets emotional as he speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Oliver Contreras/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
