Category Archives: Local News
I-74 crash victim ID'ed
MORTON, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Coroner's Office has released the name of a man who died in Wednesday's semi vs. van crash on Interstate 74. 34-year-old Nicacio Gomez-Mecinas of Bloomington died o...
Feb 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
East Peoria boy's death ruled a homicide
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A 33-year-old woman is in custody for first degree murder of 4-year-old Tate Thurman of East Peoria. Lesli Jett was arrested without incident Wednesday around 4:34 p.m. in Creve C...
Feb 27, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
OSF officials discuss the risk of the coronavirus
PEORIA, Ill. -- Should you worry about the coronavirus? Troy Erbentraut, Director of Preparedness and Response at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, told WMBD's Greg and Dan Show, the risk to the gener...
Feb 27, 2020
Tazewell County Board censures Ackerman
PEKIN, Ill. -- A second censure vote. Wednesday night, the Tazewell County Board voted nearly unanimously, 14-1, to censure County County Clerk John Ackerman, reversing a decision made in January. Ack...
Feb 27, 2020 Tazewell County clerk John Ackerman addressing the media
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Peoria Park District looking to fix damaged bike trail
PEORIA, Ill. -- Utility vehicles are damaging the Rock Island Greenway bike trial by driving on the pavement to get to work zones. The Peoria Park District is looking into fixing the damages and preve...
Feb 26, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump says US 'very ready' for virus; Pence to lead response
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the U.S. is "very, very ready" for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings. He has put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of overseeing the nation's r...
Feb 26, 2020 MWC-AP-Photo-Evan-Vucci
Breaking: 'Critical incident' at Molson Coors in Milwaukee
UPDATE: MILWAUKEE (AP) - Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. The dead include the shooter, said Barrett, who d...
Feb 26, 2020
Congress makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introdu...
Feb 26, 2020 (AP Photo, File)
North Valley blaze causes extensive damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- A home in the 1400 block of NE Glendale Ave. in Peoria sustained an estimated $50,000 in damage Wednesday morning from a fire. Crews responded shortly after 9:30 to the scene, where th...
Feb 26, 2020 Courtesy of the Peoria Fire Department
Update: ISP confirms one fatality in I-74 crash
MORTON, Ill. -- Illinois State Police confirm one person has died after a head-on collision on eastbound I-74 near Morton. ISP Public Information Officer, Haylie Polistina, said a van was traveling we...
Feb 26, 2020 (IDOT)
