Category Archives: Local News
East Bluff Shooting Victim Becomes Peoria's 17th Homicide.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says, 38-year old Marshawn Tolliver died Monday, after a shooting on Peoria's East Bluff. On August 6th, Police found Tolliver shot in 2900 block of N. Peoria Ave. ...
Aug 19, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Update: Elderly Pekin Man Found Safe
UPDATE: Lloyd Tennyson was found safe in Hammon, Indiana and is in protective custody, according to the Pekin Police Department. -------------------------------------- Pekin Police are asking for help...
Aug 19, 2019 MWC
East Peoria Fire Department Selling Cancer Awareness T-Shirts
In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the East Peoria Fire Department is selling breast cancer awareness T-shirts. The Navy-blue shirts are available to the public and feature a pink...
Aug 19, 2019 East Peoria Fire Department
Slain Chinese Scholar's Family To Give $20K For Help In Case
(AP) - The parents of slain University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang are giving $20,000 to the people who provided information that led to the arrest and conviction of their daughter's k...
Aug 19, 2019 AP Photo/Teresa Crawford
Peoria Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Has A New Leader
Washington native JD Dalfonso is the new president of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Dalfonso is now in charge of a staff of 15 people that are focused on eight counties that make up ...
Aug 19, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
This Year's Illinois State Fair Deemed A Success
Final attendance numbers are not in yet, but Illinois State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon says he has been hearing from the fair's vendors that their sales were up this year. "One of the gentlemen that wa...
Aug 19, 2019 mwc
Danish PM: Trump's Idea Of Buying Greenland Is 'Absurd'
(AP) - Denmark's prime minister says U.S. President Donald Trump's idea of buying Greenland from Denmark is "an absurd discussion," reiterating that the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic ...
Aug 19, 2019 AP/Felipe Dana
Peoria Holding 2nd Public Budget Meeting
Another chance to learn about Peoria's budget process. The city is holding a second public budget meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at the Gateway Building, located on NE Water Street. The meeting will give re...
Aug 19, 2019 Photo: 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Jefferson Street Entrance Of Peoria Co. Courthouse Reopening
Restoring access to the Peoria County Courthouse. Peoria officials say the Jefferson Street entrance to the courthouse is set to reopen Monday morning. The area of the courthouse building has been clo...
Aug 19, 2019
Peoria Firefighters Extricate Driver From Car After Accident
Peoria Firefighter Paramedics were dispatched to 9901 Allen Road around 9:00 P.M. Saturday for a car in a ditch. There was a single car accident in a water runoff ditch and the first responders on the...
Aug 18, 2019
