Category Archives: Local News
Former cabinet maker arrested on Deceptive Practices charges
PEORIA, Ill. - What started out as one complaint of fraud allegedly by a local businessman resulted in the businessman being arrested on what Peoria Police say is sixteen felony counts of Deceptive Pr...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts ...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker celebrates passage of state Workers Rights Constitutional Amendment
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Democrats are taking another victory lap connected to the 2022 election. Governor JB Pritzker and union leaders Thursday celebrated the passage of the Workers Rights Amendment...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Teen pleads not guilty in murder of another teen
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a shooting more than a month ago near Quest Charter Middle School. Erick Jackson, 18, made the plea in Peoria County ...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State: unemployment inches up slightly, jobs also go up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's jobless average went up last month, but so did job growth. Using federal data, the state says the state unemployment...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
One arrested, one injured following shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is believed to be in custody after late-morning shooting in Central Peoria. Peoria Police say the shooting was reported around 11:30 Thursday morning on West Joan Court near ...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
Two indicted by grand jury for stealing catalytic converters
PEORIA, Ill. - One of two men accused of taking catalytic converters off vehicles in a car dealership lot is pleading not guilty. Derrick Kline, 30, made the plea in court Thursday, after a grand jury...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 Charles Foster (left), and Derrick Kline (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Rivermen's future at Peoria Civic Center still up in the air
PEORIA, Ill. -- The future of the Peoria Rivermen remains in question, as both the hockey team and the Peoria Civic Center try to come to agreement over where the team will be next season. 5th Distric...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2022
UPDATE: Carjacking and shooting incident under investigation
UPDATED 4:55 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about a shooting Wednesday night in Peoria's East Bluff that happened in the course of a carjacking. Peoria Police say they went to the Shell stati...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Park District votes down pavilion project at Donovan Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District vowed to listen to the people before voting on a proposed project at Donovan Park, and Wednesday night that's what they did. The board unanimously voted agains...
Julia Bradley Dec 15, 2022 (Pavilion in the Park)