Category Archives: Local News
Peoria City Council Member Zach Oyler Arrested
At-large Peoria City Council member Zach Oyler is in custody in the Peoria County Jail. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports Oyler was booked at 11:21 p.m. Tuesday on charges of aggravated domes...
Jul 31, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Republicans Face Tough Vote On Trump-Backed Budget Bill
(AP) - A hard-won, warts-and-all budget pact between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump is facing a key vote in the GOP-held Senate. Many conservatives are torn between supporting t...
Jul 31, 2019
Police Receive New Information About Alexis Scott
Police say Alexis Scott was last seen in the early morning hours of September 23rd, 2017 at a party in Peoria. Nearly a year after her disappearance, Peoria Police said a search was active, and they b...
Jul 31, 2019
Governor Signs New "Scott's Law" Legislation
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation to bolster the state's "Move Over" law. The legislation increases the penalties for not slowing down and moving over when you see a vehicle with fl...
Jul 30, 2019
Bradley Women's Basketball Team To Play In Portugal
Before the season starts, the Bradley University Women's Basketball team will fly overseas on Monday, and play three games in Portugal throughout the week. Coach Andrea Gorski said the trip will be gr...
Jul 30, 2019
Illinois Senators Speak At Bradley
This is the fourth year state senators came to Bradley University to speak to seniors 50+, about issues that concern them. AARP co-hosted a legislative breakfast with Bradley's Osher Lifelong Learning...
Jul 30, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/ Kristina Leahy
St. Jude Runners Headed To Memphis
38 years of running for St. Jude's. Co-founder of the Memphis to Peoria Run, Mike McCoy, says in run's first year, doctors told him there would never be cancer patients that would be able to join the ...
Jul 30, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Isbell Sentenced In East Peoria Woman's Death
Matthew Isbell, 21, of Marquette Heights, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to second degree murder charges in the stabbing death of Theresa Ann Poehlman. Isbell receive...
Jul 30, 2019
Free 'Little Library' Damaged In Peoria
(25 News)--One of the sponsors behind Peoria's 'Free Little Libraries' says they might change how they're made after one near the Peoria Carver Center may have been vandalized over the weekend. Stacy ...
Jul 30, 2019
Massive Data Breach Hits Capital One
(AP)-Capital One says a hacker got access to the personal information of over 100 million individuals applying for credit. The McLean, Virginia-based bank said Monday it found out about the vulnerabil...
Jul 29, 2019
