Category Archives: Local News
Day One: Stranded motorists, closed highway ramps and scrambling snow plows
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow covered roadways, scrambling snow fighters, stranded motorists and sporadic traffic deadlocks are what marked the early part of Wednesday in Peoria, day one of what the Weather Ch...
Feb 2, 2022
Monitor your pets closely in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Winter weather like we're seeing now isn't just hard on people, it's tough on pets too. Dr. Libby Fort, with All Pets Veterinary Hospital in Peoria, said it's important to limit how lo...
Feb 2, 2022 canonim / CC
Peoria PD 'business as usual' despite storm, says chief
PEORIA, Ill. - It was a little rough for Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria as he tried to get to work Wednesday morning. "I couldn't get out of my street without having to get out and push somebody ...
Feb 2, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Peoria issues Emergency Declaration
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali has issued an emergency declaration for the city because of the current Winter snow storm. That's according to a city statement, which indicates that could help th...
Feb 2, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Garbage pickup delayed
PEORIA, Ill. - Your trash won't get picked up in Peoria or in Pekin on Wednesday. "Today, we are officially calling off operations," said Eric Shangraw with GFL Environmental, formerly PDC. "We had a ...
Feb 2, 2022 Peoria Disposal Company
Tazewell County roads may go from good, to worse, to better next few days
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Depending on where you go in Tazewell County, snowfall there might be bad, or really bad -- at least, as of earlier Wednesday morning. "We've probably had six inches locally in...
Feb 2, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pekin crews working around-the-clock to clear snow
PEKIN, Ill. - Crews in Pekin are doing the best they can in their battle with Mother Nature. "It's hit us pretty hard here like it has Peoria. All our roads are snow-covered," said Brett Olson, Operat...
Feb 2, 2022 Midwest Communications
Collins: Seven down, five to go
PEORIA, Ill. - As of 6:00 A.M. Wednesday, a lot of snow has already fallen today in Peoria, and more is expected to fall before it's all said and done. "I'm looking at official observations. At the ai...
Feb 2, 2022
UPDATE: CityLink cancels service Wednesday due to snowstorm
UPDATE 7:34 a.m. 2/2/22: CityLink says service for the rest of the day Wednesday will be suspended. "Due to inclement weather, CityLink fixed route bus service and CountyLink rural transportation serv...
Feb 1, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Pritzker issues preemptive disaster declaration ahead of "Winter Storm Landon"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is issuing a disaster declaration ahead of a significant winter storm forecasters believe could bring a foot or more of snow to Peoria and perhaps as much a...
Feb 1, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
