Category Archives: Local News
Officials hopeful new federal grant program can fund PIA air traffic control tower replacement
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials and lawmakers are hopeful the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can mean a rebuild of the air traffic control tower at Peoria International Airport....
Dec 6, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Smashing Pumpkins to headline Summer Camp Music Festival
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The Smashing Pumpkins are coming to the Summer Camp Music Festival next year. Organizers of the festival at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe say in a social media post the Billy C...
Dec 6, 2021 Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com / CC
Illinois Republican pushes bill to ban vaccine mandates in the state
Peoria, Ill -- One Republican state lawmaker in Illinois thinks he can gather support behind a proposed statewide ban on vaccine mandates. The so-called "Freedom Act" (HB 4239) would make it, "unlawfu...
Dec 6, 2021 State Rep. Adam Niemberg (Illinois General Assembly)
Peoria home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters fought not only flames, but high winds just after 7 a.m. Monday as they responded to a fire in the 1500 block of N. Broadway. Crews attempted an interior attack and...
Dec 6, 2021 (25 News)
Cole Swindell announces Peoria show
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another big Country star is coming to Peoria in the new year. Cole Swindell is bringing his "Down to the Bar Tour" to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Feb. 17. Tickets go on sale nex...
Dec 6, 2021 (Peoria Civic Center)
Grand Re-Opening for Raber Packing Company
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - It's the moment West Peoria Mayor Jim Dillon says residents have been waiting for. "For probably the last year, all I've heard is 'When's Raber's going to open?' Now, I can tell th...
Dec 6, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria Co. Corrections officer dies from COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is mourning one of its own. In a release Sunday night, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell announced the unexpected death of 25-year-old Corrections O...
Dec 6, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Update: Juvenile hospitalized following Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized Sunday evening after a shooting in Peoria's south end. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said a juvenile was shot in the leg around 6 p.m. Sunday in th...
Dec 6, 2021 (25 News)
Pavilion in the Park group combats 'misinformation,' says plans still in works
PEORIA, Ill. - There's growing belief that a proposal to put a pavilion in Peoria's Donovan Park is not dead yet. The pavilion would house music and arts events, and the head of a group wanting to mak...
Dec 5, 2021 (25 News)
Analyst: Fertilizer, natural gas costs still concern farmers
PEORIA, Ill. - As if farmers didn't have enough to worry about with the pandemic, soybean prices not being what they could be, and the supply chain situation, there's one more thing they'll be keeping...
Dec 5, 2021
