Category Archives: Local News
Collins: A mixed bag of winter weather on the way
PEORIA, Ill. -- It looks like we're in for a wintry mix of snow, rain and sleet this weekend. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says heavy rain will begin Thursday night and conti...
Jan 09, 2020 Midwest Communications
Fired PPD officer wins legal battle over social media posts
PEORIA, Ill. -- An arbitrator has ruled that a Peoria police officer fired for inappropriate social media posts should get his job back. One of those posts included a picture of an officer wearing a s...
Jan 09, 2020 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Multiple fire crews battle a Washington house fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A blaze breaks out in a Washington home. Washington fire crews were called to a report of a house fire in the 700 block of Landau Lane after 7 p.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived, th...
Jan 08, 2020
It's showtime: air date, watch party set for show honoring Peoria man
PEORIA, Ill. -- With a little help from TV star Mike Rowe, the national spotlight is set to shine on Peoria once again. Rowe brought his Facebook Watch show "Returning the Favor" to Peoria last Septem...
Jan 08, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
PFD announces Keep the Wreath Red results
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria saw 13 fire related incidents during the fire department's Keep the Wreath Red Campaign in December 2019. Division Chief Stan Taylor said five of the fires were working fires. "...
Jan 08, 2020 Peoria Fire Central
Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for Reinking
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House. Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk's office said in a cour...
Jan 08, 2020 Travis Reinking appears at a hearing Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Reinking is charged with killing four people during a shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville in April. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
U.S. will impose new sanctions on Iran in response to missile attacks
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Donald Trump says the U.S. will immediately impose new sanctions on Iran in response to its missile attacks on military bases in Iraq that house American troops. In an ad...
Jan 08, 2020 President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and others looks on. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Peoria rolls out new Public Safety Pension Fee
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria property owners this week are receiving the first of three annual bills for the city's Public Safety Pension Fee. City Manager Patrick Urich told WMBD's Greg and Dan, the fee in...
Jan 08, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran's capital, killing 176
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) - A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people has crashed just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran in...
Jan 08, 2020 A rescue worker searches the scene where an Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Man rescued from Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before noon Tuesday to a home in the 1100 E. Melbourne on reports of a fire with an occupant possibly trapped inside. Battalion Chief Nate Rice sai...
Jan 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
