Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Police investigating man shot early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after a man was shot early Wednesday morning. Officers responded at around 3:30 A.M. to a call regarding a person shot and taken to a local hospital via ...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Center for Prevention of Abuse helping to raise awareness about child abuse and prevention all month
PEORIA, Ill. - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And, preventing that abuse, whether sexual or otherwise, is part of the mission of Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse. "January through the e...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal civil rights lawsuit against Peoria and Peoria County by heirs of Cleve Heidelberg dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal court has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Peoria and Peoria County, along with numerous former police officers and prosecutors, relating to the conviction...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 courtroom gavel
East Peoria approves $122 million budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $122 million budget for fiscal year 2025. Some of the largest appropriated expenses in that budget are for t...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After two members of the state's Prisoner Review Board resigned last week following the release of a prisoner who then stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed ...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 PRB: Prisoner Review Board members (left to right) Julie Globokar, Darryldean Goff, Matthew Coates and Jeffrey Grubbs are pictured at the board’s March 28 meeting in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Man charged in March stabbing death at Peoria apartment complex indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in Peoria's fourth homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 61-year-old Josef Viel was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge and a Murder charge Tuesda...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 Josef Viel Mugshot (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington set to approve FY25 spending plan that includes multiple road projects
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is set to approve one of the biggest spending plans it has ever had. The fiscal year 2025 budget received a first reading at Monday's City Council meeting, an...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Blues Traveler and Big Head Todd & the Monsters coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two bluesy bands are coming to the Peoria Riverfront this summer. Grammy Award-winning Blues Travel is co-headlining the "Blue Monsters Tour 2024" with Big Head Todd and the Monsters. T...
Julia Bradley Apr 02, 2024 (Blues Traveler Facebook Page)
FOREIGNER bringing Farewell Tour to Peoria with Loverboy
PEORIA, Ill. - Two iconic bands...together in one night. FOREIGNER, known for its Classic Rock hits "Juke Box Hero", "Hot Blooded", "Urgent" and "Cold As Ice", is bringing its Farewell Tour to the Peo...
Julia Bradley Apr 02, 2024 (FOREIGNER Facebook Page)
CityLink bus driver assaulted on Saturday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A CityLink bus driver was assaulted by a passenger from the past weekend. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says the driver was punched in the eye by a passenger just after 2:00 P.M. on Satur...
TJ Carson Apr 01, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)