Category Archives: Local News
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...
Will Stevenson 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 ...
Will Stevenson 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...
Will Stevenson 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 ...
Will Stevenson 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...
Will Stevenson 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...
Will Stevenson Jan 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Domestic violence, trampoline parks are among new laws in 2022 Illinois Department of Labor raising awareness about
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new labor and safety-related law in Illinois might now include the two "Elevate Trampoline Park" locations in Peoria and East Peoria. One of hundreds of new laws that took effect...
Will Stevenson Jan 03, 2022
Peoria Police and Fire stations available as warming centers
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria says police and fire facilities are available to people needing to get warm. City officials say despite normally being closed between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., the Pol...
Will Stevenson Jan 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Homicide victims identified, suspect still sought
UPDATED 3:51 p.m. 1/2 PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner's Office has released the identities of two fatal shooting victims from separate incidents barely into the start of the new year, while p...
Will Stevenson Jan 02, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police
Peoria County accident victim identified
UPDATE PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was the victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident in rural Peoria County. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says Caleb Charlson, 40, was pronounced dead at the sce...
Will Stevenson Jan 02, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock