Category Archives: Local News
Officials: Another Person Dies From Mass Shooting In El Paso, TX
(AP) -Authorities say another person has died from a weekend mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, raising the death toll in that attack to 22. More than two dozen other people were wounded. D...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2019 AP/Andres Leighton
Trump Calls 2 Mass Shootings 'Evil Attacks'
(AP) -President Donald Trump is calling the recent mass shootings "evil attacks" that are crimes "against all humanity" and says unity must replace hatred in society. Trump gave a speech from the Whit...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2019 AP/Evan Vucci
Man Stabbed Overnight In South Peoria
One person is injured after a stabbing overnight on Peoria's south side. Peoria Police say a man was stabbed in the face around 3:00 a.m. Monday in the 3000 block of W. Trewyn. He was taken to a hospi...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2019
Update: Teen Cited In Fatal Accident In Pekin
The Tazewell County coroner says 55-year-old Pekin resident Jennifer Shindledecker was riding a motorized scooter in the road, in the 1500 block of Willow Street when she was hit by a car Saturday nig...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2019
South Peoria Business Damaged By Fire
Fire damages a Peoria business overnight. Peoria firefighters were called to reports of a fire at Church's Chicken around 2:30 a.m. Monday in the 500 block of South Western. Crews found smoke inside t...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2019
2 Mass Shootings In Less Than 24 Hours Shock U.S.
(AP)--Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun viol...
Julia Bradley Aug 04, 2019 AP/John Minchillo
St. Jude Run And Telethon Bring In Over $10 Million
The 30th Annual St. Jude Telethon took place Saturday evening and signed off with a final total of $10,901,913. That is up over $550,000 from last year.Of that total, the Memphis to Peoria runners bro...
Dalton Kemper Aug 04, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Dalton Kemper
Peoria Seeks Input On 2020-2021Budget
Peoria wants your input. Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich says residents and business owners are invited to attend a public budget meeting Monday night to learn more about the 2020-2021 budget. "We'r...
Julia Bradley Aug 04, 2019
Pedestrian Dead After Car Accident In Pekin
Pekin Police responded to reports of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle at 9:07 p.m. Saturday in the area of N. 16th and Willow Streets. The pedestrian did not survive. The vehicle involved in the cr...
Dalton Kemper Aug 04, 2019
Fatal Shooting At Texas Wal-Mart
By Julio-Cesar Chavez EL PASO, Tx. (Reuters) - Multiple people were killed in a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on Saturday and one man was in custody after the latest U.S. mass shooting sent ...
1470 & 100.3 WMBD Aug 03, 2019 Police SWAT team members prepare after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Salgado