Category Archives: Local News
Peoria stabbing under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 8:30 p.m. Monday to a home in the 1000 block of NE Monroe on reports of a stabbing. "Officers arrived and located a male victim of a stabbing. The male w...
Jun 02, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Victim expected to recover after liquor store shooting
***UPDATED STORY*** The identities of the suspected culprits have been identified. 20-year-old Ehad Asad has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm. He was taken to Peoria County Jail. 39...
Jun 01, 2020 Kristina Leahy/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Co. Sheriff speaks on curfew, other rumors circulating
PEORIA, Ill. -- The late hours of Sunday night and early hours of Monday brought a slew of violent acts to the area. Many rumors have been circulating social media about extreme measures the city and ...
Jun 01, 2020 Mike Wild/1470-100.3 WMBD
Family autopsy: Floyd asphyxiated by sustained pressure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The family of George Floyd says an independent autopsy has found that he died of asphyxiation from sustained pressure on his back and neck. Floyd died a week ago after a white Minne...
Jun 01, 2020 (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Local COVID roundup 6/01: Tri-County reports 8 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tri-County region reported eight new cases of COVID-19. Peoria County reported seven new cases adding up to is up to 241 reported cases, Tazewell remains at 74, and Woodford is rep...
Jun 01, 2020 Midwest Communitcations
State COVID roundup 6/01: Illinois sees less than 1,000 new cases
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois reported less than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in several weeks, with 974. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported a decrease in deaths related t...
Jun 01, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local officials speak to overnight violence in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local officials spoke Monday afternoon about the violent actions that took place over night. Peoria Police Chief Loren Marion III said the events that took place such as arson, looting...
Jun 01, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump slams governors as 'weak,' urges crackdown on protests
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is deriding the nation's governors as "weak" and demanding tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of more violent protests in dozens of American cit...
Jun 01, 2020 Police hold off protesters during a solidarity rally for George Floyd, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Rev. Hightower reflects on a violent weekend in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Reflecting on a violent weekend in Peoria. Reverend Marvin Hightower, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) tells WMBD's Greg and Dan, the...
Jun 01, 2020 MWC-Photo
Mayor responds to violent night in Peoria
PEORIA,Ill. -- Violence won't stop violence. Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis told WMBD's Greg and Dan, he's saddened and disappointed regarding the violence that occurred overnight Sunday that left businesses ...
Jun 01, 2020 Peoria City
