Category Archives: Local News
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)
LaHood shares views on Roger Stone case
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several lawyers who prosecuted President Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone have quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said the agency would lower prison tim...
Feb 13, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria crews work to stay ahead of snow
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's main roads looked good Thursday morning heading into the commute to work. Sie Maroon, with Peoria Public Works, said streets were in excellent condition for travel. "We got th...
Feb 13, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State law requires gratuities to be paid to employees
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-- Food service employees in the state of Illinois will keep more tips earned. New legislation has been signed by Governor JB Pritzker that clarifies an existing state law makes it cr...
Feb 12, 2020 Money-Flicker photo credit
Collins: first comes snow, then comes frigidity
PEORIA, Ill. -- The latest winter blast has been exactly what experts expected. Don't expect that to change, for better or for worse, said news partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "As a...
Feb 12, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local history connecting to Lincoln on display in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- A historical document that connects Abraham Lincoln to central Illinois is on display at the Tazewell County Clerks Office in Pekin. The document is a mortgage that was recorded in 1844...
Feb 12, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Armed robbery suspect nabbed
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man accused of robbing a citizen at gunpoint during a Facebook Marketplace dealing was taken Wednesday into Peoria Police custody. Police have arrested 19-year-old Damarius Billups-W...
Feb 12, 2020 Peoria Police Department
