Category Archives: Local News
Piano teacher sentenced to 450 years on child porn, assault charges
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A former Pekin resident and former piano teacher is going to prison for the rest of his life. Our news partner 25 News reports a judge in McLean County Friday handed Aaron Parlier ...
Jan 14, 2022 Mugshot via 25 News
UnityPoint, OSF urge blood donations
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's two major hospital systems are joining the call for more blood donations, and fast. A joint statement from UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare says increased demand and decrea...
Jan 14, 2022 Midwest Communications
Another Peoria Police Anti-Violence special detail completed, says Chief
PEORIA, Ill. - Yet another step in Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria's anti-violence initiative has just been completed. The Chief says in a news release Peoria Police from multiple divisions along ...
Jan 14, 2022 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Injured East Peoria officer gets sendoff to Chicago
PEORIA, Ill. - A hero's sendoff near downtown Peoria Friday afternoon. Our news partner 25 News reports more than a dozen different police departments helped Officer Karson Klyber leave OSF Saint Fran...
Jan 14, 2022 Illinois State Police
LaHood visits Hopedale Medical Complex to discuss COVID-19-related problems
HOPEDALE, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) says he thinks he knows part of the reason why local hospitals -- especially rural ones -- are having a hard time helping those affected by COVID-19 ...
Jan 14, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Two arrested after East Bluff shooting
UPDATED 4:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are in custody after gunshots were fired early Friday morning in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood. Peoria Police say a pair of ShotSpotter alerts on North D...
Jan 14, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria home sales top $1 billion
PEORIA, Ill. -- 2021 was a record-breaking year for home sales in the Peoria area. The Peoria Area Association of Realtors (PAAR) said 7,634 homes were sold locally last year, topping the 2020 total o...
Jan 14, 2022 Diana Parkhouse / CC
IL Driver's Services facilities still closed out of caution
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Driver's Services facilities statewide remain closed. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office confirms facilities will stay closed an additional week, opening again to th...
Jan 14, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Official: 'We are going to be eventually living with COVID-19'
PEORIA, Ill. - Confirmed new COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area are continuing their all-time record highs and sharp weekly increases. Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hend...
Jan 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria native and AutoZone exec helps Peoria Public Schools Foundation fundraiser
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria native and Chief Financial Officer of a major auto parts company is helping the schools he graduated from, help students. Jamere Jackson was the keynote speaker Thursday at the...
Jan 13, 2022 Jamere Jackson
