Category Archives: Local News
New bio-tech business locating at Peoria NEXT
PEORIA, Ill. - A self-described "serial entrepreneur" is locating his newest bio-medical-related venture in Peoria. Doctor Shane Needham of Moscow, Idaho, chose the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center that'...
Will Stevenson Nov 17, 2021 Dr. Shane Needham (left), CEO of Velocity Labs, with PeoriaNEXT Director Michael Stubbs. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria City Council struggles over how to fund pension balance
Peoria, Ill -- Peoria's way of paying down pension obligations through a direct fee to taxpayers will soon be no more. Now, it's about how and where to find the money. That discussion continued during...
Cooper Banks Nov 17, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Nearly 20 vehicles found with slashed or flattened tires in downtown Peoria
Peoria, Ill -- Peoria Police are investigating a rash of vandalism to more than a dozen vehicles. "Police were dispatched to multiple locations in the downtown area...for reports of vehicles with slas...
Cooper Banks Nov 17, 2021 (Midwest Communications)
Vigil held for young hit-and-run accident victim
PEORIA, Ill. - Family and friends are remembering the 10-year-old Peoria boy who died Friday after what police termed a hit-and-run accident earlier last week. A vigil was held Tuesday night for Troy ...
Will Stevenson Nov 17, 2021 (Troy Erving's family via 25 News)
UnityPoint offers new proof of COVID-19 vaccination
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health is introducing a digital option to offer proof of vaccination status or a negative test result for COVID-19. Established patients can now access their vaccination sta...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2021 (UnityPoint Health)
New state law promotes E-V production in Illinois
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker on Tuesday signed a new law creating economic incentives for electric vehicle production. The measure provides tax credits to E-V manufacturers which in tu...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rivian introduces R1T all-electric pickup truck at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
It's been 8 years since tornadoes ripped through Central Illinois
WASHINGTON, Ill. - November 17, 2013. It's been eight years since tornadoes ripped through Pekin, East Peoria and Washington, Illinois. The damage was especially devastating in Washington, where three...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2021 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for second day
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The jury in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a second day on Wednesday, attempting to reach a consensus on whether to convict or acquit the ...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse sits next to the tumbler that he will use to select the jurors who will not participate in deliberations during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 16, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Loyola-Chicago leaving Missouri Valley Conference in 2022
Peoria, Ill -- Loyola-Chicago has announced it is leaving the Missouri Valley Conference next year. Reports across social media confirm the program will move over to the Atlantic-10 conference, starti...
Cooper Banks Nov 16, 2021 From Missouri Valley Conference
Chillicothe residents opposed to private project that would allow barge parking on Illinois River; marina owner gives his side
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A group that was quickly formed claims the City of Chillicothe is "one-hundred percent against" a proposed private project that they claim would negatively impact the city. The pro...
Will Stevenson Nov 16, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
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