Category Archives: Local News
Ameren Illinois tests new technology to "sniff" out natural gas leaks
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Ameren Illinois is using new technology to help better identify natural gas leaks and increase the utility's response time to them. The utility is testing out a "gas sniffer" that...
Will Stevenson Oct 08, 2021 Ameren Illinois
Whiskey Daddle races return to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Downtown Peoria will be filled with runners this weekend. Adam White, with ShaZam Racing, says the Whiskey Daddle races begin Saturday at 8 a.m. with the Whiskey Shot 5K, followed by m...
Julia Bradley Oct 08, 2021 (Whiskey Daddle Facebook)
Police: Drag racing likely caused SUV to crash with school bus
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police now believe Monday evening's accident where a SUV and a Peoria Public School bus with children inside collided was likely caused by drag racing. That's what police say the...
Will Stevenson Oct 07, 2021 Maurice Young (WMBD/Peoria Police)
Woman pleads guilty to federal charge of lying about gun purchases
PEORIA, Ill. - An Alamabama woman who at one time lived in both Peoria and Springfield admitted to buying guns for a then-boyfriend, and has now pleaded guilty to a federal crime. The U.S. Attorney's ...
Will Stevenson Oct 07, 2021 Adobe Stock
Ground broken for replacement of Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. - Taft Homes in Peoria is beginning to officially be no more. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday at Taft. The homes there are being demolished and construction will soon begin on...
Will Stevenson Oct 07, 2021 25 News
Peoria man sentenced for deadly street racing crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- 43-year-old Jerome Polnitz was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for a deadly street racing crash that killed four young women last fall. Prosecutors in the case had asked ...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2021
Biden to tout vaccine mandates for large companies in Chicago trip
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit Chicago on Thursday to meet with United Airlines' chief executive and local Democratic leaders as he touts his decision to impose COVID-19 vaccine ...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One for travel to Michigan from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria home suffers significant damage in fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 1 a.m. Thursday to the 2800 block of SW Jefferson on reports of a residential fire. Upon arrival, crews found heavy fire showing at the back o...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2021 Midwest Communications
Crews respond to gas leak on NE Adams in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A hotel in downtown Peoria was evacuated Wednesday night due to a natural gas leak nearby. Peoria firefighters were called around 8:15 p.m. to the Packard Plaza building at 211 NE Adam...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Rapper Common helps fund music studio at Illinois prison
JOLIET, Ill. - An Illinois prison is launching a new music production program for inmates. Officials with the Department of Corrections and Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet say music is therap...
Will Stevenson Oct 06, 2021 Illinois Information Service
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