Category Archives: Local News
Arrest made in Oliver's holdup
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights police have made an arrest in connection with the armed robbery of Oliver's restaurant. 43 year old Franklin Cotton of Peoria Heights was taken into custody Frid...
Feb 14, 2020 (Courtesy of Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man found frozen to death in University St. lot
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded Thursday afternoon at 12:40 to a report of a car covered in snow in the University St. Walmart parking lot. Upon uncovering the car, officers discovered 64-year...
Feb 14, 2020
ISP supports fingerprint requirement for FOID cards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The ISP wants to beef up the requirements to get a FOID card. The Illinois State Police said they've improved efforts to keep guns out of the hands of those who shouldn't have the...
Feb 14, 2020
Peoria man shot; suspects arrested
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the 1800 block of S. Griswold around 3:15 p.m. Thursday by a ShotSpotter alert with seven rounds fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said t...
Feb 14, 2020
Virus death toll nears 1,400 in China, with 5,090 new cases
BEIJING (AP) - China has reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new virus, as the death toll neared 1,400. The National Health Commission said Friday that 121 more people ...
Feb 14, 2020 In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, doctors scan a patient's lungs at Huoshenshan temporary hospital built for patients diagnosed with coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow over 900, with at least two more outside the country. (Gao Xiang/Xinhua via AP)
Peoria Heights restaurant robbed
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- The Peoria Heights Police Department is looking for a suspect after a restaurant was robbed Wednesday evening. Police responded to Oliver's in the Heights at approximately 11:2...
Feb 13, 2020 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Housing Authority to get over $2 million in funding
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Housing Authority will be receiving over $2 million dollars in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick D...
Feb 13, 2020
Leaders in Peoria push for redistricting reform
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois legislators and government activists from Peoria and around the state held a network of news conferences Thursday to voice support for the Fair Maps Amendment, a comprehensive...
Feb 13, 2020 Members of CHANGE Illinois and Rep. Ryan Spain
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Iowa murder suspect arrested in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man wanted in a double homicide in Waterloo, Iowa turned himself in to Peoria Police Wednesday night. Waterloo Police obtained warrants for 36-year-old Matthew Buford III's arrest Mo...
Feb 13, 2020 Peoria County Jail
China reports 254 new deaths from coronavirus
BEIJING (AP) - China is reporting 254 new deaths and a spike in coronavirus cases of more than 15,000, after its hardest-hit province applied a new system that broadens the scope of diagnoses for the ...
Feb 13, 2020 Residents wearing masks wait at a traffic light in Beijing, China Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Traffic remained light in Beijing, and many people were still working at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
