Category Archives: Top Stories
"Nuisance gathering" ordinance passed by Peoria City Council in response to unruly downtown crowd
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is giving police another tool to help deal with unruly crowds. On Tuesday night, city council unanimously approved amending city code to make it easier for polic...
Oct 14, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two arrested in Chillicothe after months-long methamphetamine investigation
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A pair of arrests were made in Chillicothe after a months-long investigation into alleged illegal methamphetamine sales. Chillicothe Police says the arrests were made Tuesday in th...
Oct 14, 2025
18-year-old ordered held pending trial in connection to shooting death of teenager in Peoria's West Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has ordered an 18-year-old to remain in jail until trial in connection to the shooting death of a teenager earlier this month. The Peoria County State's Attorney's...
Oct 14, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Man indicted for alleged role in sexual assault of teen at Peoria residence
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl earlier this year has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. The grand jury on Tuesday indicted 52-year-old Eddie Blakes on one...
Oct 14, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria hosts ceremony to honor fallen firefighters from its history
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to honor their fallen brothers. The annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial ceremony honors the 16 firefighters who died in the line of d...
Oct 14, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grayson murder trial to cause street closures in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A high-profile murder trial in Peoria is causing some closures around the Peoria County Courthouse. The Sean Grayson murder trial, which was moved from Springfield to Peoria earlier thi...
Oct 14, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israel cuts agreed aid into Gaza over slow release of hostage bodies
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israel will only allow half the agreed number of aid trucks into Gaza starting Wednesday, according to a note seen by Reuters and confirmed by the United Nations, in a...
Oct 14, 2025 Trucks carry aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Report offers mixed review of educational progress in Illinois
Story summary: Advance Illinois' biennial report, "The State We're In," tracks educational progress across the entire spectrum, from early childhood through career preparation. The latest report shows...
Oct 14, 2025 Students do math problems at an elementary school in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
US Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' challenge to $1.4 billion defamation judgment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to a $1.4 billion judgment awarded to families of the victims of the Sandy Hook E...
Oct 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Appeals court allows federalization of troops but says they can't be deployed
CHICAGO - A federal appeals court has allowed the federalization of National Guard troops in Illinois but told the federal government that those troops can't be deployed while the case makes its way t...
Oct 14, 2025 A group of protestors shout slogans and obscenities at immigration officials and National Guard troops in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
