Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
Snow Fighters Put To The Test At The Snow Roadeo
Snow plows were out in force on Friday at the Shoppes of Grand Prairie, but not to fight snow. Snow fighters from around Illinois came to participate in the 28th annual American Public Works Associati...
Sep 13, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Paving Operation On Dirksen Parkway Begins Friday
A large paving operation will begin Friday, Sept. 13 on Dirksen Parkway from Airport Road to Johanson Road starting at 7 a.m. For the first two hours of the project, the traffic signals at the Airport...
Sep 12, 2019 Midwest Communications
Update: Homicide Victim Suffered Multiple Gunshot Wounds
UPDATE: 9/10/19 Autopsy findings show that Hardy was shot multiple times on the trunk of his body, according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. Hardy suffered detrimental internal bleeding. Harwo...
Sep 10, 2019 25 News
Trump Fires National Security Adviser John Bolton
(AP) - President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He say...
Sep 10, 2019 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Durbin Urges Improved Regulation Of Vaping Industry
(AP) - Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to better regulate the electronic cigarette industry in the wake of several vaping-related deaths. Durban criticized...
Sep 09, 2019 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
City Of Peoria Will Hold Recreational Cannabis Meetings
The City of Peoria will host 2 public meetings to discuss recreational cannabis. Both presentations will allow citizens to make public comments. The first meeting will be Monday, Sept. 16 at the ICC P...
Sep 09, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
East Peoria Man Dies After Contact With Power Line
An East Peoria man was electrocuted Saturday morning, identified as 62-year-old Gordon Sweatt. A 911 call was received at 10:54 a.m. of a truck on fire in the 300 block of Terminal Street, East Peoria...
Sep 09, 2019
Fall Cleanup Week Announced For East Peoria
The City of East Peoria announced its Fall Cleanup week will run Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Items will be picked up on a resident's normal garbage day and. Residents may not set out items before Saturda...
Sep 09, 2019
Crews Battle Kitchen Fire Saturday Morning
At 5:09 a.m. Saturday, Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the 1200 block of W. Willow Lane for a possible house fire. Upon arrival, the homeowner notified firefigher/paramedics there was a f...
Sep 07, 2019
Dorian Speeds North, Buffeting New England Coast
(AP) - Tropical storm-force winds are ruffling southeastern Massachusetts as Hurricane Dorian continues to move north. Early Saturday, the center of the weakening Category 1 storm was around 145 miles...
Sep 07, 2019 The Bogue Shores condominiums is seen after losing its roof during high winds from Hurricane Dorian in Atlantic Beach, N.C., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Only a few residents stayed behind after an evacuation order and no one was injured. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
