Category Archives: Local News
One dead, two officers injured, following officer-involved shooting in Decatur
DECATUR, Ill. - One person is dead, and two police officers are injured in Decatur following a police-involved shooting early Wednesday morning. Decatur Police say it happened just before 12:30 a.m. o...
Will Stevenson Oct 12, 2022 Midwest Communications
ISU Redbird Arena to become 'CEFCU Arena'
NORMAL, Ill. - A Peoria-based financial institution wants to make a big donation to its neighbors to the south and east. Agenda documents for Friday's meeting of the Illinois State University Board of...
Will Stevenson Oct 12, 2022 (Illinois State University)
Fire Marshal encourages families to make a plan during Fire Prevention Week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- In observation of Fire Prevention Week, Illinois' State Fire Marshal is urging families to plot out their own escape route. Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz says your escape pl...
Julia Bradley Oct 12, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria City Council discusses pot policy
PEORIA, Ill. - City of Peoria administrators have a lot of feedback to go through when it comes to how and to what extent recreational cannabis dispensaries can locate in the city. The area currently ...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
Woman arrested after dead body found in storage locker
MAQUON, Ill. - Authorities in Knox County say they've arrested a woman for charges both related to, and not related to, a decomposing body found in a storage locker Friday evening. Sheriffs detectives...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Grand jury files new murder charges in West Peoria homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has handed down murder charges in connection with a West Peoria double-homicide late last month. The grand jury Tuesday filed six counts of First-Degree Murde...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy of 25 News)
Grand jury charges teen with Taft Homes homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a Peoria teenager for a shooting last month at Taft Homes that claimed the life of a Georgia man. Peoria County Court records indicate the grand ...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Last Honor Flight of 2022 returns to Peoria soon
PEORIA, Ill. -- The latest group of area military veterans to travel to Washington D.C. for memorial tours returns tonight and this will reportedly be the final Honor Flight of the year. More than 70 ...
Cooper Banks Oct 11, 2022
Coroner identifies victim in fatal hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says fingerprint databases helped identify the victim of the fatal hit-and-run accident early Sunday in Peoria. Coroner Jamie Harwood says a preliminary autops...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 (Submitted by Peoria County Coroner)
Pekin City Council debates ambulance service as contract with AMT nears end
PEKIN, Ill. - The clock is still ticking for the City of Pekin to figure out how to handle the future of city ambulance service. The city has sent out Request for Proposals as it nears an end to a ten...
Will Stevenson Oct 11, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)