Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
CityLink announces holiday hours of operation
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink buses will not run on Christmas Day or New Years Day. Emily Watson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CityLink, said that the buses will have a shorter schedule t...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Local hospitals ask to limit visitors
PEORIA, Ill. -- With an uptick in positive flu cases, local hospitals ask to limit visits. Sara Sparkman, spokesperson for the Tazewell County Health Department, said that the Peoria and Tazewell Coun...
Dec 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
ISP watching for the fatal four and Scott's Law this holiday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police will be out in full force this holiday. ISP spokesperson Haylie Polistina said troopers will be enforcing the fatal four. "We'll be looking for drunk drivers, spe...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Dream Center Peoria opens fourth floor
PEORIA, Ill. -- A sea of people gathered on the fourth floor of Dream Center Peoria to see the renovated space. Andy King, Executive Director of Dream Center Peoria, said the new fourth floor has been...
Dec 20, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
KB Strong donates $30,000 for brain tumor research
PEORIA, Ill. -- The legacy of Washington Community High School basketball coach Kevin Brown lives on through the KB Strong Foundation. In six months, the KB Strong Foundation raised $30,000 that was d...
Dec 20, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Santa makes a stop at OSF
PEORIA, Ill. -- Kids staying at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois for the holiday season got a visit from Ol' Saint Nick. For 23 years, Bill Turney has put on the red suit and delivered t...
Dec 19, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria fire stations participating in "Keep the Wreath Red"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Festive holiday wreaths at all 12 Peoria fire stations are more than decor. For the 24th year, fire stations in Peoria are participating in the "Keep the Wreath Red" awareness campaign...
Dec 18, 2019 Peoria Fire Central
East Peoria City Council talks cannabis and video gaming cafes
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- During East Peoria's last city council meeting of the year, adult-use recreational cannabis ordinances were matched with the state law, and commissioners discussed banning video g...
Dec 17, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Washington man charged with murder
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- A Washington man has been charged with murder. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office has charged Daniel Allbritton, 52, with three counts of murder in connection to the case of John...
Dec 17, 2019 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets jail time
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years of probation. That's despite his extensive cooperation in special counsel Robert Muell...
Dec 17, 2019 (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
