Category Archives: Local News
Northmoor Road in Peoria to reopen Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - After about a year of being closed for construction, Northmoor Road in Peoria will reopen to all traffic. The stretch of Northmoor between Allen Rd. and University is expected to be ope...
Oct 23, 2019 MWC-MS-ICCGA
Peoria Park District is going solar
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees approved a power purchase agreement for solar equipment at four locations at the Board meeting Wednesday night. Solar equipment will be insta...
Oct 23, 2019 Dalton Kemper/WMBD
Drug Take Back Day set
PEORIA, Ill. -- The fall 2019 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is slated for Saturday, October 26, and Peoria County residents have a plethora of places to safely dispose of their unused medic...
Oct 23, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Person shot Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill- A shooting victim was taken to a local hospital Wednesday by private vehicle with non-life threatening injuries. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said that the victim was shot...
Oct 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
Trump says Turkey calls cease-fire 'permanent'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says Turkey has informed the U.S. it will make "permanent" a five-day cease-fire in Syria. In response, he says he's directing the lifting of economic sanction...
Oct 23, 2019 President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
TAILS group promotes 'PetFest' this weekend
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell Animal Improvement of Life Society, better known as TAILS, is the local Humane Society in Tazewell County. Spokesperson Joe Greenwood explained to WMBD's Greg and Dan what TAIL...
Oct 23, 2019 TAILS Facebook
Caterpillar sees drop in third quarter sales and revenue
DEERFIELD, Ill. - In its third quarter financial report, Caterpillar said early Wednesday morning that sales and revenue dropped six-percent, from $13.5 billion a year ago to $12.8 billion. Third-quar...
Oct 23, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Truck with 39 dead came to England from Belgium
LONDON (AP) - U.K. police are revising their theories about a truck found in southeast England with 39 bodies inside, saying it traveled from Belgium to England, not from Ireland as they thought earli...
Oct 23, 2019 Police forensic officers attend the scene after a truck, in rear, was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Thurrock, South England, early Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019. Police in southeastern England said that 39 people were found dead Wednesday inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Woodford County board bans recreational pot sales
EUREKA, Ill. -- A Woodford County board has banned the sale of recreational marijuana. The Woodford County Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban sales of recreational pot in unincorporat...
Oct 23, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Budget talks continue with the Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council meeting on Tuesday was week two discussing the 2020-2021 budget. The meeting did not come to any definite decisions, but just questions the council had for City ...
Oct 22, 2019
