Category Archives: Local News
Pekin City Council approve new development
PEKIN, Ill. -- During Tuesday night's meeting city leaders approve a redevelopment project. The project will be to stabilize the current structure located at 353 Court Street, and Pizza Peel will move...
Nov 12, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Future of time changes TBD
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 2019 could be the last time Illinoisans ever "fall back." The Illinois State Senate voted Tuesday to do away with twice-a-year time changes. The bill, which now heads to the State...
Nov 12, 2019 MWC- (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Man charged in death of infant
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 20-year-old man was sent to Peoria County Jail after being charged Tuesday with murder of his six-month-old. Kyle Purser was arrested a little over two months after the baby girl was...
Nov 12, 2019
Quest Charter Academy responds to second chance
PEORIA, Ill. -- Quest Charter Academy gains a second chance. The charter was granted a renewal of two years by a vote Monday night from the Peoria Public Schools School Board. The vote came after PPS ...
Nov 12, 2019
Eastbound I-74 near Morton shut down due to accident
MORTON, Ill. -- A serious accident occurred just before noon on I-74 outside of Morton. Illinois State Police spokesperson Haylie Polistina said that the eastbound lanes are shut down. "We are re-rout...
Nov 12, 2019 Midwest Communications
Peoria Snow Fighters work in record low temps overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's roads were a bit slick Tuesday morning after a record low temperature of 8 degrees was recorded overnight. Peoria Public Works' Sie Maroon said Snow Fighters continued to batt...
Nov 12, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Crews battle rural Hanna City fire in the freezing cold
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- Logan-Trivoli firefighters were called just after 10 p.m. Monday to a home at 15802 W. Sommerfield Road in rural Hanna City. Firefighters arrived and found fire coming from the sid...
Nov 12, 2019 Midwest Communications
Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospital for surgery
Update: Jimmy Carter's spokeswoman says the former president is recovering at Emory University Hospital following surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding on his brain. Deanna Congileo says there wer...
Nov 12, 2019 FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo former President Jimmy Carter acknowledges a student who's question has been picked for him to answer during an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University in Atlanta. Carter has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Plains, Ga. A statement from The Carter Center says Carter suffered "a minor pelvic fracture" on Monday, Oct. 21 but remains in good spirits and looks forward to recovering at home. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
PPS approves 2-year contract with Quest
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Quest Charter Academy will have another chance to prove itself to Peoria Public Schools. The PPS school district unanimously approved a probationary two-year contract Monday n...
Nov 12, 2019
ISP: Take it slow on dangerous roads
PEORIA, Ill. -- A taste of winter hit the Peoria area Monday with snow in the morning and slick roads in the evening. Illinois State Police spokesperson Haylie Polistina said to remember to slow down ...
Nov 11, 2019 Midwest Communications
