Category Archives: Local News
Notre Dame Lady Irish spreading stroke awareness
PEORIA, Ill. -- No one would have expected Peoria Notre Dame Girls Basketball Coach Layne Langolf to have a stroke. But, a year ago, he did. The physically fit 45-year-old suffered a stroke while driv...
Jan 14, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
PIA adding non-stop flights to Nashville
PEORIA Ill. -- The General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport will soon offer nonstop flights to Nashville, Tennessee. Allegiant Airlines is set to begin direct flights from PIA to Nashvill...
Jan 14, 2020 (flypia.com)
Idea to dismiss articles of impeachment cools in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans are signaling they will reject the idea of simply voting to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. As the House prepares to send the c...
Jan 14, 2020 President Donald Trump walks along the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump's impeachment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Peoria man in custody for home invasion, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a home invasion Friday morning in the 1500 block of W. Forrest Hill. The victim told police four men, armed with guns, forced their way into his home, robbed...
Jan 14, 2020 (Peoria County Jail)
Gov. Pritzker announces 3 appointments to State Boards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker announced Monday the following appointments in his administration. On building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor Pritzker announced...
Jan 13, 2020
Pekin City Council discuss D.A. Junior Golf Championship Pekin Tournament
PEKIN, Ill. -- During Monday night's Pekin City Council meeting, the council approved in a 6-1 vote to provide sponsorship to the 2020 D.A. Points Junior Golf Championship Pekin Tournament. Pekin Mayo...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
East Peoria Zoning Board approve pot permits
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria business owner cleared the first hurdle for a marijuana business. Roy Sorce of Sorce Enterprises petitioned the East Peoria Zoning Board of Appeals Monday for two specia...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
This Valentine's Day, thank a veteran
PEORIA, Ill. -- Be a veteran's Valentine. 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has rolled out her annual "Valentines for Veterans" program. In its 7th year, the program encourages constituents acr...
Jan 13, 2020 Darron Cummings/Associated Press
10 new recruits for PPD
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department swore in 10 new recruits Monday, increasing those sworn in to the department to 216. A large crowd of family and friends gathered to witness the new recrui...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Family escapes Pekin fire
PEKIN, Ill. -- Firefighters were called just after 8:20 a.m. Monday to a home in the 1500 block of S. Capitol Street in Pekin. Pekin Fire Chief Kurt Nelson said the fire started in the basement. "When...
Jan 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
