Category Archives: Local News
Peoria apartments heavily damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria apartment building went up in flames Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 700 block of Spring Street just before 4 p.m., finding heavy fire coming from a first-f...
Dec 22, 2021 (25 News)
BU will start the spring semester in-person
PEORIA, Ill. -- With concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant, some Illinois colleges and universities are switching back to remote learning temporarily after the holidays. Bradley University ...
Dec 22, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Seven hurt in Pekin crash
PEKIN, Ill. -- A two-vehicle crash in Pekin Tuesday night sent seven people to local hospitals. News partner 25 News says some of the injured were children. Pekin Fire Department used the "Jaws of Lif...
Dec 22, 2021 (25 News)
New charges filed in fatal street racing crash
PEORIA, Ill. - New charges have been filed against a Peoria man charged in a street racing incident that claimed the life of a Peoria woman. Court records indicate counts of Aggravated Driving Under t...
Dec 21, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Omicron in Peoria? 'It's here,' says Health Department
PEORIA, Ill. - Last week, the Peoria City/County Health Department said it was not a matter of if the COVID-19 Omicron variant would show up here, but a matter of when. It's now "when." "That 73 perce...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
Chicago to require vaccination proof at indoor venues amid COVID-19 surge
(Reuters) -Chicago will require patrons to present proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for entry to restaurants, bars, gyms and some other indoor spaces, effective Jan. 3, amid a surge of new cases, Mayor ...
Dec 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People enjoy live music as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased at blues bar Kingston Mines in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 24, 2021. Picture taken June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar
IEMA: 'Sonic boom' caused by fighter jet in central IL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You probably didn't hear it in the Peoria area, but if you were in the Springfield or Decatur areas late Tuesday morning, you definitely did. The Illinois Emergency Management Agen...
Dec 21, 2021 Abel Pardo López / CC
Chillicothe barge fleeting project dashed for now
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Plans for a new barge mooring project near Chillicothe's downtown waterfront -- are dashed -- at least for now. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says developers of the controversi...
Dec 21, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Restored fire engine company temporarily suspended due to COVID, financial reasons
UPDATED 1:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department engine company suspended because of a COVID-19 cut in city expenses, then restored in November, has been cut again temporarily. Chief Jim Ba...
Dec 21, 2021 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Walgreens limits sales of at-home COVID-19 tests to four per customer
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance is limiting sales of at-home COVID-19 tests to four per customer due to a surge in demand, the pharmacy chain said on Tuesday, as the Omicron variant of the coronav...
Dec 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
