Category Archives: Local News
Midstate College To Close
Midstate College is closing its doors. President and CEO Meredith Bunch, in an email to students Monday, said the college will close at the end of the summer semester Aug. 14. Bunch told students that...
Jul 23, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Grand Nationals Weekend Cancelled, TT Races Will Go On
Peoria's Grand Nationals Weekend has been cancelled. But, the TT races will go on as scheduled. Jay Goldberg Events says in a news release that Grand Nationals events on the riverfront have been cance...
Jul 23, 2019 grandnationalsweekend.com
Boris Johnson To Be Britain's Next Prime Minister
Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson has won the race to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party, and will become the country's next prime minister. He defeated his rival Jeremy Hunt overwhelmingly in a...
Jul 23, 2019
Woman Shot Overnight Near Harrison Homes
Peoria Police say a woman was shot early Tuesday morning on Peoria's Southside. Officers were called to the area of W. Montana and W. Trewyn, near Harrison Homes, just after 3:00 a.m. They found a wom...
Jul 23, 2019
Woman Shot Near Taft Homes
A woman has been shot overnight near Taft Homes. Peoria Police say it happened around 11:20 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of N.E. Adams. Three women were walking north on N.E. Adams, when they heard a ...
Jul 23, 2019
Trump & Congressional Leaders Strike Budget Deal
(AP) - President Donald Trump says a deal has been struck with congressional leaders on the budget and debt ceiling, mostly eliminating the threat of a repeat government shutdown this fall. Trump twee...
Jul 22, 2019
Tazewell County Chase, Standoff Lead To One Arrest
An attempted traffic stop, a car chase and a standoff eventually led to the arrest on one man in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office said a deputy conducted the traffic stop at 14th ...
Jul 22, 2019 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Officials: Rice Lake Fatality Resulted From Kayaking Accident
A fatality on Rice Lake in Fulton County was from a kayaking accident, according to Illinois conservation police. The body of a man was recovered from the lake Sunday morning. The victim had been repo...
Jul 22, 2019
Heat Related Death In Peoria
A Peoria woman has died after an intense heat wave rolled through the area over the weekend. Sunday around 10 a.m., the Peoria Police Department, Peoria Fire Department, and Advance Medical Transport ...
Jul 22, 2019
Greasy Rags Cause Fire At Obed And Isaac's
Peoria firefighters extinguish a fire located in the kitchen of Obed and Isaac's, 321 NE Madison in downtown Peoria. An employee reporting for work around 7 a.m. Monday found moderate smoke in the kit...
Jul 22, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
