Category Archives: Local News
Coroner investigates Brimfield teen's drowning death
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is looking further into the death of a teenager who is believed to have drowned in a hot tub. The coroner says first responders went to the 11000 block of N...
Dec 8, 2021 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Police: dozens of catalytic converter thefts locally since October
PEORIA, Ill. - Something reportedly happening nationwide is definitely happening in the Peoria area, and probably more than police are hearing about. It's the theft of catalytic converters from area v...
Dec 8, 2021 Seth Sawyers / CC
Pritzker: No to NYC-style vaccine mandate in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the state is doing what it can to try and stop the spread of COVID-19, even as an Omicron variant case has been linked to the Chicago area. Pritzker ...
Dec 8, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Woman faces new charge in Peoria hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- Karrie Lynne Brunswig now faces four charges related to the hit-and-run death of 10-year-old Troy Erving in Peoria. According to court documents, Brunswig was indicted Tuesday on an ad...
Dec 8, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
New memorial honors late Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A new memorial at the Fulton County Sheriffs Department honors late Sheriffs Deputy Troy Chisum. Chisum died after being shot by a man holed up in a house in June of 2019. Now, a mem...
Dec 8, 2021 (25 News)
Manhunt continues for man involved in Peoria standoff
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are searching for 22-year-old DeAngelo D. Coleman, a suspect in a disturbance call Tuesday afternoon that resulted in a stand off with police that lasted several hours. O...
Dec 8, 2021 (Peoria Police Department)
Dr. Kasper: Omicron gets the attention, but Delta still the most prevalent
PEORIA, Ill. - A local medical expert says while the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is getting our attention, it's still not the variant that's the big problem yet. Doctor Doug Kasper with the U of I Col...
Dec 7, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Mayor hopes to lead push to buy more time for pension obligations
Peoria, Ill -- Peoria's Mayor now wants to take a leadership role in pushing the timeline for Illinois pension obligations. Mayor Rita Ali says she wants to be the one to bring mayors together from ac...
Dec 7, 2021 (City of Peoria)
Rodney Carrington coming to Peoria Civic Center in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A country singer and comedian is the next well-known act coming to the Peoria Civic Center. The civic center says Rodney Carrington will do a show for mature audiences only on March 11,...
Dec 7, 2021 (Peoria Civic Center)
Update: Water main repairs made near War Memorial; boil order still in place
PEORIA, Ill. -- A water main break left part of War Memorial Drive near the McClugage Bridge icy and slick Monday night. The break occurred on Harvard Avenue, sending water down the hill to War Memori...
Dec 7, 2021 (25 News)
