Category Archives: Local News
IDOT preps for 7-month closure of Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. -- The last time significant work was done to the Murray Baker Bridge was 2005. The bridge will be closed March through October of this year for a $42 million face lift. Paul Wapple, Publ...
Jan 17, 2020 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
Collins: Get ready for snow, rain and frigid temperatures
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another round of winter weather is headed for Central Illinois. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins predicts the snow will begin after lunch time Friday and continue...
Jan 17, 2020 Midwest Communications
BU issues 2nd alert this week after an armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University issued a safety alert Thursday night after reports of an armed robbery near campus. BU and Peoria Police were called just before 10:30 last (Thursday) night to the 1...
Jan 17, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Ameren prepared for another winter storm
PEORIA, Ill. -- Ameren Illinois is prepared for more snow and the possibility of sleet and freezing beginning Friday into Saturday morning. Brian Bretsch with Ameren Illinois said storms that contains...
Jan 16, 2020 MWC-PHOTO CREDIT - AMEREN ILLINOIS MEDIA -EOC
Peoria School District takes up marijuana
PEORIA, Ill -- The Peoria Policy Committee took up the subject of marijuana Thursday at its regular meeting. Recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois January 1, and the school district hopes to...
Jan 16, 2020 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Snow fighters have a game plan for Friday's winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow, rain, and freezing rain, oh my! Peoria snow fighters are prepping for winter weather to return on Friday. Sie Maroon with Peoria Public Works said they will pre-treat the roads b...
Jan 16, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said T...
Jan 16, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020. file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, right, walk along the colonnade of the White House in Washington. The federal government's watchdog agency says a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday the White House Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the assistance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
'Pop-A-Shot' brings world headquarters to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A well-known brand in the arcade industry has moved its headquarters from Salinas, Kansas to downtown Peoria. Pop-A-Shot, which produces the original basketball arcade game, unv...
Jan 16, 2020 (popashot.net)
Collins: Expect 2-3 inches of snow, frigid temps this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- A slushy weekend of winter weather will start with snow Friday afternoon. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins forecasts 2-3 inches of snow will overspread the Peoria...
Jan 16, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
University of Illinois administrators seek a tuition hike
CHICAGO (AP) - University of Illinois administrators have recommended raising tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years. Under the recommendation, freshmen entering the unive...
Jan 16, 2020 In this Nov. 20, 2015 photo, University of Illinois students walk across the Main Quad on campus in Urbana, Ill. The university admitted instate students with slightly lower ACT scores this fall to boost its enrollment of students from Illinois. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
