By WMBD-TV PEORIA – If your car or license plate are stolen in Illinois, you’re financially responsible for the replacement fees. But that may soon change as State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) applauded the Illinois House and General Assembly passing Senate Bill 3471, which would waive fees for replacing a license plate or registration sticker.…… MORE
A teacher, paratrooper, lawmaker, college and pro athlete, and Secretary of State will have his name on a state office building in Chicago.… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEORIA – Memorial Day is right around the corner, and travel experts expect it to be one of the busiest times of the year with more 40 million people traveling across the country. Not only is the holiday a day when airports and highways are filled with eager vacationers, but it’s also a…… MORE
By WMBD-TV PEORIA – Memorial Day is Monday, and that means plenty of boats will be on the water this weekend. Safety is paramount given the number of boats that will be on the Illinois River, some for the first time this season. Michael Christman is a vessel examiner with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and emphasized…… MORE
Due to several maintenance issues, the pool in Farmer City will not be opening to the public for the Memorial Day weekend.… MORE
Disabled Illinoisans who make a sub-minimum wage in community workshops would eventually make the minimum, if a bill which passed the House Thursday becomes law.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers have not finished a state budget, but – pending the governor’s signature – there is an official state mushroom.… MORE
State Rep. Dan Caulkins, a Republican from Decatur, wants to suspend the annual increase in the state’s gas tax for two years. … MORE
Some lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Memorial Day weekend to minimize travel disruption. … MORE
One man was injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon near the 100 block of W. Shelbourne Dr. … MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…