Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Sorensen wins U.S. House District 17 race
PEORIA, Ill. -- The 17th Congressional District seat in Congress goes to Democrat Eric Sorensen, with Republican Esther Joy King calling him to concede early Wednesday morning. The margin between the ...
Cooper Banks Nov 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
Voters choose to eliminate Peoria County Auditor position, even as state law dictates otherwise
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County internal Autitor position may not last much longer after all. Four years after a measure to eliminate the office was narrowly defeated, this time, the outcome was much...
Will Stevenson Nov 09, 2022 (Peoria County)
Democrats win, retain seats at State Capitol
PEORIA, Ill. - Some local Democrats will keep their seats in the Illinois General Assembly after the midterm elections. One of those, 92nd District State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth, will retain...
Will Stevenson Nov 09, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
LaHood wins term in new 16th Congressional District
PEORIA, Ill. - A member of the family of new 16th District Congressman Darin LaHood, presumably, got to vote for his dad for the first time. That's not to say that dad didn't have to give his son Luca...
Will Stevenson Nov 09, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker poised for second term as Bailey concedes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By the time speakers came out to pray, say the Pledge of Allegiance and play the national anthem at Republican challenger Darren Bailey's election night wat...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton stand with their families on the stage of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on Election Night 2022 after the Associated Press called the Illinois governor's race for the incumbent. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
State: Six months of record low unemployment claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You might have your doubts, but state officials apparently don't. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state has recorded what they call a "new, unprecedented nu...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Concerns about downtown Courtyard by Marriott
PEORIA, Ill. - It's apprently been going on since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many may not have known about it until recently. 25 News reports they were told by a number of guests attendin...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 (25 News)
Big weekend for Peoria Civic Center, with more to come
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center is making quite the comeback. The Civic Center Tuesday confirmed what they projected during a period where eighteen events were being hosted in 12 days at the do...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Juvenile injured in Monday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was injured Monday night after a shooting in South Peoria. Peoria Police say it happened just after 8:00 p.m. near Starr and Griswold, where two ShotSpotter alerts totaled ar...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
'Jaws of Life' used in downtown crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A crash in downtown Peoria Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital. Peoria Fire was called to the intersection of Spalding and Jefferson around 7 a.m., for a serious accident i...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
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