Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Chance of severe storms Friday evening
Strong to severe storms are a possibility for the Peoria metro area Friday evening. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins explains that scattered showers and storms can be expected th...
Sep 27, 2019 Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Facebook/File
Peoria's Ray LaHood to chair Abraham Lincoln Library board
(AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named chairman of the board of directors of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield....
Sep 27, 2019 1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Teen murder suspect pleads not guilty, again
A teenage murder suspect pleads not guilty, a second time. 14-year-old Zaveon Marks is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a count of unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with...
Sep 27, 2019
Person Stabbed In Downtown Peoria
Peoria Police responded to a person stabbed in the 600 block of N.E. Jefferson, near Hancock, around 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Police found a person who had been stabbed in the arm. The victim was tr...
Sep 26, 2019
Peoria Zoo says goodbye to longtime resident
PEORIA, Ill. -- Call it some unfortunate monkey business for the Peoria Zoo. The zoo announced Thursday 33-year-old Philly the mandrill had to be euthanized. Zoo Director Yvonne Strode said a necropsy...
Sep 26, 2019 Peoria Parks District
Unemployment dips throughout region
CHICAGO -- Unemployment across Central Illinois from August 2018 to August 2019 dropped around a full percentage point. A report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the job...
Sep 26, 2019 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
OSF Emergency Department residents train with East Peoria Firefighters
Screaming, fake blood, and smoke helped residents from the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department learn what it is like on scene of a disaster by getting hands-on with the East Peoria F...
Sep 26, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Caterpillar to move more jobs
PEORIA, Ill. -- Employees of Caterpillar were notified Thursday some white collar positions will be outsourced. The company said it's entering into a partnership with Dublin, Ireland-based Accenture f...
Sep 26, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Peoria County approves marijuana sales tax
The Peoria County Board approved an ordinance on Wednesday night that levies an additional local tax on recreational cannabis sales. The ordinance imposes a 3-percent tax in any municipality in Peoria...
Sep 26, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Maguire says whistleblower 'did the right thing'
(AP) -The acting director of national intelligence says a whistleblower "did the right thing" by coming forward to report concerns over the White House's handling of a call between President Donald Tr...
Sep 26, 2019 Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire takes his seat before testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
