Category Archives: Local News
WIND ADVISORY: High profile vehicles may see danger or difficulty
PEORIA, Ill. -- National Weather Service forecasters predicted heavy wind gusts up to 50 mph for the Peoria-Pekin metro area through the majority of the daylight hours on Saturday. NWS began issuing a...
Cooper Banks Nov 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATED: PPD investigates Nov. 2 fight between middle school girls
UPDATED: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 1:23 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Police are confirming certain details related to a video taped fight between Peoria middle school girls outside a recent basketball game. It h...
Cooper Banks Nov 05, 2022 Photo Courtesy WEEK-TV
Peoria Police arrest seven during latest Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says a number of arrests were made Thursday after the latest special enforcement patrol in his Anti-Violence Initiative. The chief says thirteen cars...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Seminar on kidney disease Saturday at ICC East Peoria campus
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A disease people may not know they have, but many people may suffer from, is the subject of a seminar open to the public starting Saturday morning at Illinois Central College. The ...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2022 (National Kidney Foundation of Illinois)
Now-former volunteer firefighter accused of setting corn fields on fire
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A now-former volunteer firefighter in Fulton County is out of jail after being charged with Arson. Fulton County Circuit Court records indicate Dwight Sheets, 18, faces a felony coun...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Jail via 25 News)
Contextualizing cash bail's end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While a new law overhauling Illinois' system of pretrial detention continues to face scrutiny ahead of its Jan. 1 implementation date, new research suggests...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Man, facing charges in multiple cases, charged with attacking woman
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of having a role in an attempted homicide has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury in another case. Court records indicate Ruben Bailey, Jr., 39, was charged...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
IL Fire Marshal: Check smoke alarms as you 'fall back' this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As you set the clocks back Sunday morning, it's a good time to also test and inspect your home's smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office says...
Julia Bradley Nov 04, 2022 Mark Morgan / CC
Darren Bailey shakes off recent death threat, says Gov. Pritzker has "ignored" it
PEORIA, Ill. -- Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey doesn't appear too shaken by a recent death threat received via voicemail from a young man in Chicago. Multiple media outlets, including ...
Cooper Banks Nov 04, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New tax levies in East Peoria for road work and water service expansion
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria City Commissioners have approved a series of new property tax levies to cover the cost of new road work as well as an expansion of the city water system. City Commissi...
Cooper Banks Nov 04, 2022 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
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