Category Archives: Local News
Food banks need help as they deal with supply chain and other issues
PEORIA, Ill. - If you think the ongoing supply chain issues and the economy are causing you troubles getting groceries and other supplies, try running a food bank. Local food banks say they're experie...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2021 (25 News)
Canton man pleads guilty to federal child porn-related charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Fulton County man will be sentenced February 24, 2022, now that he's pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography-related charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Joseph Graham, 29, o...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria ADM plant sold; employees to stay put
PEORIA, Ill. - Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland's facility in Peoria is being sold. ADM says the Peoria Dry Mill plant has been sold to Texas-based BioUrja Group. The price wasn't disclosed, but t...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2021 Archer Daniels Midland
Area school districts named in lawsuit against COVID mandates
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Twelve Central Illinois school districts are among 145 districts named alongside the State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health and Gov. J.B. Pritzker in a law...
Julia Bradley Oct 22, 2021 (25 News)
Tri-County COVID Update: Outbreak at long-term care facility could have been worse; pediatric COVID vaccines ordered
PEORIA, Ill. - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region continues to average less than 100 per day, but that's counting what officials say is an outbreak at a local long-term...
Will Stevenson Oct 21, 2021 (Peoria City/County Health Department)
OSF unveils, blesses new Street Medicine Program shuttle vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. - On the outside, it looks like a typical passenger bus. But on the inside, a former OSF HealthCare passenger bus has been transformed in to a new mobile medical unit. It's for OSF's "Str...
Will Stevenson Oct 21, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bradley men's basketball lands 6th in MVC pre-season poll
Peoria, Ill -- Bradley men's basketball is ranked sixth in a preseason poll going into the Missouri Valley Conference 20-21-22 season. The poll came out late Wednesday. Drake comes in at number one. L...
Cooper Banks Oct 21, 2021 Bradley University
Chiropractic clinic raided by FBI
EUREKA, Ill. - Preferred Care Medical Clinic in Eureka is apparently being targeted by the FBI. A spokeswoman for the FBI tells news partner 25 News a "court-authorized law enforcement activity" was c...
Will Stevenson Oct 21, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria budget includes more police officers
PEORIA, Ill. - Some of the solutions to the city of Peoria's ongoing violence problems -- or at least the path to them -- may come from the City of Peoria's budget for the next two years. For one, the...
Will Stevenson Oct 21, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Rivermen hockey returns for a 40th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- As of Friday, it will have been 593 days since the Peoria Rivermen hockey team has played a game. The team's games Friday and Saturday night open the Rivermen's 40th season in Peoria a...
Julia Bradley Oct 21, 2021 (Peoria Rivermen Hockey)
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