Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Peoria's gas prices are down a bit
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gas prices in the Peoria area have fallen over 4 cents a gallon in the past week, averaging $4.21 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria gas prices are nearly 17 cents higher than a ...
Julia Bradley Oct 31, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria home threatened by shed fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to S. Westmoreland, in the area of W. Grinell and W. Hayes Streets, Saturday morning on reports of a shed on fire. Crews arrived around 8:30 a.m., findi...
Julia Bradley Oct 29, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mountain lion spotted in Springfield tranquilized and moved
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says after several days of tracking and observing a mountain lion on the west side of Springfield, the agency made the decision Friday ...
Julia Bradley Oct 29, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
IDPH sees uptick in COVID-19 cases in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting an uptick of COVID-19 cases. State Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra says there were over 13,000 new cases confirmed this p...
Julia Bradley Oct 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Tulsi Gabbard to headline Darren Bailey GOP rally in Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- It seems to suggest major change is ongoing within the American body politic. A woman who once ran for President as a Democrat and then later supported a Democratic-socialist candidate...
Cooper Banks Oct 28, 2022
ISP: This Halloween, treat yourself to a sober ride home
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police and local police are beefing up enforcement for the Halloween weekend. Illinois Department of Transportation Spokesperson Paul Wappel says more than 1,000 pe...
Julia Bradley Oct 28, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Mountain lion travels from Nebraska to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Whatever you do, if you see a mountain lion in the area, don't exactly give it a welcome. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says GPS technology has tracked a mountain li...
Will Stevenson Oct 27, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Man jailed for 2020 Peoria homicide now faces new assault, battery charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who was in jail on murder charges now faces charges for allegedly assaulting Peoria County corrections employees. A Peoria County grand jury this week filed counts of Aggra...
Will Stevenson Oct 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
Teen indicted by grand jury on weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury did not file all the charges a Peoria teen was arrested on in connection with an allegedly stolen vehicle earlier this month. The grand jury this week indicte...
Will Stevenson Oct 27, 2022 (1470 & 100/3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
School report card: Illinois gaining graduates, Peoria schools gaining ground
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state's annual school report card has been released and it shows there were more high school graduates across Illinois this past year than any school year in the past decade. ...
Cooper Banks Oct 27, 2022 Midwest Communications