Category Archives: Local News
Woodford County board bans recreational pot sales
EUREKA, Ill. -- A Woodford County board has banned the sale of recreational marijuana. The Woodford County Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban sales of recreational pot in unincorporat...
Oct 23, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Budget talks continue with the Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council meeting on Tuesday was week two discussing the 2020-2021 budget. The meeting did not come to any definite decisions, but just questions the council had for City ...
Oct 22, 2019
Medicare enrollment and assistance opened through early December
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department on Aging issued a reminder that assistance is available to Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers, during the annual Medicare Open Enrollment. T...
Oct 22, 2019 MWC-IDOA LOGO
Project proposals wanted for economic plan
PEORIA, Ill. -- As the Greater Peoria Economic Development Council has begun to put together its bi-annual Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, it has asked to hear about projects with long-te...
Oct 22, 2019 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
New tax would increase the price for parking at the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center Authority Finance and Facility Committee met on Tuesday and discussed raising the price to park at the event center. General Manager Rik Edgar said the state of ...
Oct 22, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD looking for witness, cameras
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department has asked for the public's help in a Sunday night hit-and-run case. Investigators determined there was a witness to the incident that occurred around 9:43 ...
Oct 22, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Expo teaches high school students about manufacturing
PEORIA, Ill. --Local high school students have been given an opportunity to learn about careers in manufacturing. Illinois Central College on Tuesday hosted the Discover Manufacturing Career Expo. Mor...
Oct 22, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
Jimmy Carter hospitalized after fall at Georgia home
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Plains, Georgia. A statement from The Carter Center says Jimmy suffered "a minor pelvic fracture...
Oct 22, 2019 FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a news conference, in Plains, Ga. A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has broken his hip. She said that Carter underwent surgery at a medical center in Americus, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
9-year-old arraigned on murder, arson charges
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - A 9-year-old central Illinois boy believed to have set a fire that led to the deaths of five family members has been arraigned on first-degree murder charges. The Peoria Journal St...
Oct 22, 2019 25 News
Lightning causes fire at Peoria aluminum business
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called just before 6:40 a.m. Monday to Lynch Aluminum at 8810 N. University. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said lightning struck the building, s...
Oct 22, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
