Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Based National Guard Members Heading Overseas
The Peoria based Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment will be heading to Afghanistan. About 100 soldiers from Illinois will head to Texas on Tuesday July 30, and will fly over to Afgh...
Jul 29, 2019
Bustos, Durbin, Duckworth Seek Help For Midstate College Students
Three Democratic federal lawmakers are requesting assistance to nearly 183 students at Midstate College. Midstate College announced last week it will close its doors Aug. 14 at the conclusion of the s...
Jul 29, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Police Reminding Residents To Lock Their Vehicles
Several vehicle burglaries have been reported in the city over the last week, and the Peoria Police Department is reminding the community to lock their vehicles. Police are also reminding residents to...
Jul 29, 2019 Midwest Communications
Trump Signs 9/11 Compensation Bill
(AP) - President Donald Trump has signed a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Appearing in the Rose Garden on Monday with first re...
Jul 29, 2019 AP/Alex Brandon
Pastor Remembers Local Basketball Legend Howard Nathan
A local pastor and mentor remembers Manual High School basketball star player Howard Nathan. Bishop Leroy Smith, with Church of the Living God, tells WMBD's Greg and Dan that Nathan's influence was fe...
Jul 29, 2019 Photo Courtesy David Booth/Facebook
Alleged Shooter At California Festival Identified
(AP) - A law enforcement official says the gunman in the California festival shooting has been identified as Santino William Legan. The official wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and sp...
Jul 29, 2019 AP/Noah Berger
3 Dead, At Least 15 Injured At Festival Shooting
(AP)--A 6-year-old boy was one of the three people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Northern California garlic festival. Alberto Romero told NBC Bay Area that his son Stephen was killed. "My son ...
Jul 29, 2019 AP/Josie Lepe
1991 Illinois Mr. Basketball, Howard Nathan, Dies
Howard Nathan, Illinois' Mr. Basketball in 1991 while a member of the Manual Rams, has died. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Hathan, 47, died at 3:22 a.m. Sunday at OSF Saint Francis Medical ...
Jul 28, 2019 Photo Courtesy David Booth/Facebook
Fire Destroys West Bluff Peoria Home
A demolition crew was dispatched to raze a West Bluff Peoria home destroyed by fire. Peoria firefighters were dispatched to a report of smoke coming from a house in the 1200 block of University Street...
Jul 28, 2019
Adult Literacy Programs To Receive $5.6 Million In State Grants
(AP) - Adult literacy programs across Illinois will split $5.6 million in state grants to help people improve their English-language, reading, writing and math skills. Secretary of State Jesse White, ...
Jul 28, 2019
