Category Archives: Breaking News
UPDATE: Body discovered in Illinois River identified
UPDATE: PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Authorities have identified the body found Friday in the Illinois River in Peoria County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the body was identified as Seiarra (Wad...
May 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 shooting deaths of wife and step-son in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man who killed his wife and eight-year-old stepson in Peoria nearly two years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison. 25 News reports 35-year-old Ricky Payne received the life ...
Apr 10, 2024 Rickey Payne enters a Peoria County courtroom Wednesday prior to learning he was found guilty of two counts of murder in a September, 2022 double homicide in West Peoria. (TJ Carson, 1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arrests made in connection to pair of homicides from past weekend in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arrests have been made in connection to two separate homicides in the same area from the past weekend in Peoria. Peoria Police say 21-year-old Javier McGhee surrendered himself to polic...
Mar 25, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Bradley Braves Men's Basketball to play in NIT Wednesday night. Here's details and ticket info
UPDATED 10:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves men's basketball team has officially punched its ticket to the National Invitation Tournament. The Braves received a 3-seed Sunday night, and will ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Bradley University)
One person dead after fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - One person is dead after a crash on Interstate 155 south of Tremont Tuesday afternoon. Illinois State Police says the crash happened at around 3:15 P.M. on Townline Road in the...
Mar 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
State of the Union and GOP Response Tonight at 8 p.m. on WMBD
Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. for live coverage from Fox News Radio of the annual State of the Union address, immediately followed by the Republican Party response. Coverage will be on 1470 & 100.3 WM...
Mar 07, 2024 angela n. / CC
State Police: Crash closes I-74 ramp for as much as six hours
PEORIA, Ill. - Details are scarce, but Illinois State Police says an Interstate 74 ramp in Peoria could be closed for as much as six hours. State Police says that's because of an accident on I-74 east...
Mar 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Robert Ely found guilty in the January 2021 stabbing death of a Peoria doctor
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has found a St. Louis man guilty in the stabbing death of a Peoria doctor from three years ago. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Robe...
Feb 28, 2024 Robert Ely (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Brandon Walker receives life-sentence in relation to death of 8-year-old Navin Jones
PEORIA, Ill. - Brandon Walker will spend the rest of his life in prison for the death of 8-year-old Navin Jones. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Walker, 42, received a sentence of natura...
Feb 28, 2024 Brandon Walker enters the courtroom in Peoria County Court Monday, December 11. (25 News)
UPDATE: Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case
UPDATED 5:21 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former...
Feb 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Justice Arthur Engoron of the state Supreme Court listen to opening arguments from his lawyer Alina Habba (not seen), during the trial of Trump, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
