Category Archives: Local News
Sears at Northwoods Mall set to close
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Sears store at Northwoods Mall is one of two Sears stores in Illinois that will close in early 2020. The other Illinois location to close is in West Dundee. The Chicago Tribun...
Nov 08, 2019 FILE - In this May 14, 2012, file photo, shoppers walk into Sears in Peabody, Mass. Sears recorded its fourth straight year of falling profit and revenue, even as cost cutting and store closures helped narrow its loss for the fourth quarter, the company reported, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Peoria home suffers heavy damage from fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called around 1:20 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 1300 block of N. North Street. Heavy smoke and flames were showing from the home's second floor. Crews watere...
Nov 08, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Fire Chief stepping down
PEORIA, Ill. -- Longtime Peoria Fire Chief Ed Olehy has announced his retirement. Olehy announced Thursday his last day will be November 29th. Anthony Ardis, who joined the department in 1994 and has ...
Nov 07, 2019
U.S. Marshals looking for suspect in connection with weekend shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Heavy police activity Thursday afternoon shut down part of Knoxville Ave. Around 1:45 p.m., U.S. Marshals were searching the 300 block of East Frye for a suspect in connection with a w...
Nov 07, 2019
Warehouse District renovation project announced
PEORIA, Ill. -- New living and retail spaces are being planned for the Warehouse District in Peoria. The Downtown Development Corporation of Peoria (DDC) announced Thursday the purchase of parcels wit...
Nov 07, 2019 Kristina Leahy/1470WMBD
CityLink offers free rides to veterans
PEORIA, Ill. -- In honor of Veterans Day, CityLink is offering free bus rides to veterans all day on Monday, November 11. "Passengers who are veterans are asked to present a valid veterans identificat...
Nov 07, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Chicago's top cop retiring after turbulent 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says retiring Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has agreed to stay on the job until the end of the year. Lightfoot spoke Thursday morning at a news confer...
Nov 07, 2019 FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson speaks in Chicago. Johnson will announce his retirement after more than three years leading the department he joined as a patrolman in 1988. Johnson and Mayor Lori Lightfoot will make the announcement at a news conference at 10:45 AM Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast File)
Peoria County board member out on bond after being arrested for battery
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria County Board member Matthew Windish faces a misdemeanor battery charge after an altercation outside Tremont on Tuesday. The case was referred to the Tazewell C...
Nov 07, 2019 Tazewell Co. Jail
Peoria man convicted of 2018 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- One of two men charged with a fatal shooting in July 2018 has been convicted. Peoria County Court records show Jamie Weyrick, 19, of Peoria, was convicted this week after a three day j...
Nov 07, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Peoria Park District proposes 2020 budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District presented the 2020 budget to the Board of Trustees at Wednesday night's board meeting. Some slight increases in fees are among the changes proposed to the Boar...
Nov 06, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Dalton Kemper
