Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Heights home damaged by fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A Peoria Heights home sustained major fire and smoke damage late Wednesday night. In a Facebook post, the Peoria Heights Fire Department said crews were called to E. Robin Cour...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2023 D4E / CC
IL Senate GOP hopes to block graduated income tax efforts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Senate Republicans are hoping to stave off any renewed attempts to pass a progressive income tax. There's been talk of trying again to pass a new tax structure, after it ...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State rifle association seeks preliminary injunction in federal suit
Bonfield, Ill. -- The Illinois State Rifle Association has requested a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the state's assault weapons ban. The federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2023 The National Crime Agency / CC
State makes last federal COVID loan payment early
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A $4.5 billion federal loan that helped the state get through the COVID-19 pandemic is officially paid back. The loan, according to the Governor's office and Comptroller Susana Men...
Will Stevenson Jan 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
No PPS educators at music education conference in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - It's being held right in the Peoria Public School District's back yard; but, a big conference going on won't have any District 150 representation. The Illinois Music Education Associati...
Will Stevenson Jan 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Anti-violence initiative detail results in nine arrests
PEORIA, Ill. - 52 traffic stops, and nine arrests. That's the short version of results from Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria's latest special patrol as part of his ongoing anti-violence initiative....
Will Stevenson Jan 25, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chicago high-rise fire leaves one dead, eight injured
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fast-moving fire on Wednesday spread to nine floors of a high-rise apartment building on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring eight, including a firefighter, off...
TJ Carson Jan 25, 2023 Fire rages in a high-rise apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 25, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Chicago Fire Department/via REUTERS
Man, indicted for murder, now charged in third separate case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man charged with one of the city's homicides from last year, has been indicted by a grand jury for the third time in the last month on separate cases. This time, a grand jury T...
Will Stevenson Jan 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail January 2022)
Donated Chillicothe fire truck arrives in Ukraine
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Chillicothe's support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia is now officially on the ground. The town's fire department in October sent one of its fire trucks loaded with equipm...
TJ Carson Jan 25, 2023 (Chillicothe Fire Protection District via Facebook)
NWS: At least five inches of snow in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - You may or may not believe this, but Peoria has already received more snow than forecast -- even if it may not look like it. The National Weather Service's recorded snow total for Peori...
Will Stevenson Jan 25, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)