Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Winter outlook indicates more snow than usual
PEORIA, Ill. --If the outlook for this winter is correct, the Peoria area could see more snow than usual this year. "Central and Northern Illinois are in the above normal category for precipitation th...
Oct 18, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Historic railroad turntable in talks to leave Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A historic piece of Peoria's history could be moving to a museum in 2020. The railroad turntable located at Riverfront Park has been selected by the Monticello Railway Museum to become ...
Oct 17, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Unclaimed cash in Illinois, checks could be in the mail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In the coming weeks more than 8,000 taxpayers will be getting a check in the mail for unclaimed cash they are due. Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs' said his office is returning on...
Oct 17, 2019 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Here's your sign: Peoria Stadium upgrade imminent
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two electronic signs in front of Peoria Stadium should be up and functional by Christmas 2019, said the Peoria Public Schools Building Committee. The committee met Thursday in regular ...
Oct 17, 2019 Kristina Leahy/WMBD
No deal: Chicago teachers strike
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers are on strike after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district. Picket lines are going up Thursday morning after the Chicago Teach...
Oct 17, 2019 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Rivermen kick off 38th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rivermen hockey returns to the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel is back for his seventh season, but it is the team's 38th season. He told WMBD's Greg and Da...
Oct 17, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has died
BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68. A sh...
Oct 17, 2019 FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. U.S. Rep. Cummings has died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Two-vehicle crash in Peoria sends two people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the 8300 block of N. Galena Road around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday for an accident with possible entrapment. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage....
Oct 17, 2019 Midwest Communications
Illinois Extension warning seniors how to avoid scams
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You may get a call from the "police" saying your grandchild is in jail and needs a certain amount of money to be released. Or a call from "Microsoft" telling you that your computer...
Oct 16, 2019 MWC-Scam Graphic credit: University of Illinois Extension.
Series of intrusions puts PPD on watch
PEORIA, Ill. -- A string of attempted burglaries early Wednesday morning hit Peoria's northside. The Peoria Police Department reported incidents in the 1600 block of W. Winnebago, the 1500 block of W....
Oct 16, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
