Category Archives: Local News
Arrest made in Peoria's 22nd homicide of the year
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were shot and one of them was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night at a home in the 4000 block of W. Virden Ct. Further information gathered by Peoria Police indicat...
Nov 25, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Central Illinois man honored with the Purple Heart
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been awarded the Purple Heart and other military honors for his role in combat during the Iraq War. The Peoria Journal Star reports that Sergeant Matthew...
Nov 25, 2019 Purple Hearts Reunited founder Capt. Zachariah Fike, who was wounded in Afghanistan while serving with the Vermont Army National Guard, displays a Purple Heart from Pearl Harbor which has yet to be reunited with its owner or relatives, during the National Order of the Purple Heart National Convention in Denver, Thursday Aug. 7, 2014. Purple Hearts Reunited receives lost Purple Hearts and works to reunite the medals with their original owners. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Woman shot at N. Knoxville gas station
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7 p.m. Sunday to the Shell Gas station in the 1900 block of N. Knoxville. A ShotSpotter alert indicated 8 rounds were fired during a fight at the g...
Nov 25, 2019
Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Bloomberg is running for president. The former New York City mayor, one of the richest men in the world, formally joined the Democratic presidential field on Sunday. The 77-yea...
Nov 24, 2019 AP Photo/John Locher
House fire Saturday determined to be arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- An investigator dispatched to a house fire on W. Wiswall Saturday determined the cause to be arson. Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics were dispatched to 2206 W. Wiswall Saturday around 2:...
Nov 24, 2019 Midwest Communications
Three shot, one killed Saturday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three people were shot and one of them was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night at a home in the 4000 block of W. Virden Ct. Further information gathered by Peoria Police indica...
Nov 24, 2019
U.S. Officials say do not eat romaine grown from Salinas, California
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak. They also say not to eat the leafy green ...
Nov 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
Youth football team trying to repair shed
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria youth football team could use your help. It's been estimated the equipment shed for the Peoria Junior Football League's Woodruff Warriors sustained just short of $10,000 worth...
Nov 22, 2019 Vanessa Farraher/JFL
Local high school students paint original artwork for the Ronald McDonald House
PEORIA, Ill. -- Art students from Washington Community High School used their skills Friday to create a mural in Dax's Playroom of the Ronald McDonald House. The mural include color blobs and drawings...
Nov 22, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Tazewell County Board questions clerk's raises
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Members of the Tazewell County Board have questioned pay increases County Clerk John Ackerman recently gave to 14 employees in his office. County Board Chairman Dave Zimmerman...
Nov 22, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
