Category Archives: Local News
ISP honors fallen officer with "Operation Lambert"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police announced on Sunday a special enforcement of the Move Over (Scott's) Law details in honor of fallen Trooper Christopher Lambert. On Jan. 12, 2019, Trooper La...
Jan 13, 2020 (Illinois State Police)
Illinois State Police ready to hire new troopers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The ISP is hiring. Illinois State Police is accepting applications for this summer's Cadet Class. Applications are due by January 31. Master Sgt. Hector Alejandre said applicants ...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois soldier killed in Afghanistan
(AP) - The Pentagon says the two soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb were from Virginia and Illinois. On Sunday, military officials identified the casualties as 29-year-old Staf...
Jan 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
No students injured in East Peoria bus accident
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WEEK) -- East Peoria Community High School District 309 confirms in a Facebook post that one of its school buses was involved in an accident Saturday. Illinois State Police say th...
Jan 12, 2020
Peoria Airport seeing travel delays
PEORIA, Ill. -- The big Saturday winter storm has affected travel, both on the roadways and via the airways. "Most of the flights, if not all of the flights, in and out of Chicago [to and from Peoria]...
Jan 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ameren asks what's in your storm kit
PEORIA, Ill. -- Ameren Illinois recommended proactively assembling an emergency kit stocked with essential items and supplies in the event of extreme or severe weather events. Consider including the f...
Jan 11, 2020
Peoria snow and ice fighters are ready and rolling
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria snow plows began their round the clock shifts at 7:00 a.m. Saturday in preparation for the mixed bag of winter weather. Sie Maroon with Peoria Public Works said they are out pre...
Jan 11, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran says its forces accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard. The government had repeatedly denied Western accusations ...
Jan 11, 2020 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Collins: rain, freezing rain, and snow moving in Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A collage of winter weather tricks will hit the Peoria area on Saturday. 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said that rain will continue until around 10:00 a.m. or early afterno...
Jan 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Weekend storm may require power restoration
PEORIA, Ill. -- A strong weather system will skirt through the Midwest this weekend, bringing freezing rain and wind, before the snowfall Saturday evening. Ice that accumulates on trees and power line...
Jan 10, 2020 MWC-Photo Credit - AMEREN ILLINOIS MEDIA PAGE
