Category Archives: Local News
Lawsuit challenging mayoral election dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A lawsuit filed in the wake of this year's Peoria mayoral election has been dismissed. Our news partner 25 News reports candidate Jim Montelongo "failed to demonstrate clear, ascertaina...
Oct 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
City Council gets look at bigger budget
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's city administration is proposing a budget that could be considered significantly higher than this year, but somewhat puts spending levels back to pre-pandemic. City Manager Pat...
Oct 20, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Federal court orders revisions to Illinois' legislative map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A three-judge federal court panel on Tuesday ruled the legislative redistricting plan signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June -- before data from the 2020 Census was availab...
Oct 20, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Richwoods High secretary on administrative leave after offensive video surfaces
PEORIA, Ill. -- Questions are swirling over a video that was posted on social media depicting a woman who appears to have students around her -- as she uses the N-word. The allegation is that the vide...
Oct 20, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Hendrickson: Breakthrough COVID cases are a concern
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says you may be hearing a lot about breakthrough COVID-19 infections among the vaccinated, but it's still not a high percentage. Pub...
Oct 19, 2021 Monica Hendrickson (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ackerman: Illinois election systems are secure, feds should stay out of voting security
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says he continues to be not too warm to the idea of submitting absentee ballots by e-mail, or by any way different than the current system. Ackerman s...
Oct 19, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pritzker touts booster shots, expresses concern over police quitting instead of taking COVID-19 vaccine
CHICAGO, Ill. - The State of Illinois is starting a new campaign to make sure that those eligible for COVID-19 booster shots can get them. So far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is bac...
Oct 19, 2021 (State of Illinois)
Trial begins for man accused of killing Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - The trial for the man accused of shooting and killing a Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy that started a 17 hour standoff with police has begun. Our news partner 25 News reports the firs...
Oct 19, 2021
Travis Tritt cancels Peoria show and others over COVID mandates
PEORIA, Ill. -- Country music star Travis Tritt has cancelled his November 11 show at the Peoria Civic Center, along with three others due to COVID-19 mandates. In a statement, Tritt said he won't per...
Oct 19, 2021 Travis Tritt performs at Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Nov, 30, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Standoff Monday night ends without arrests
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 5:45 p.m. Monday to a domestic situation in the 2300 block of N. Elmwood. Officers made contact with an adult female and two children who were inside the...
Oct 19, 2021 (25 News)
