Category Archives: Local News
Fallen State Trooper Honored On Wall
(AP) - An Illinois trooper killed in the line of duty has been honored on a memorial wall in the Illinois State Police Memorial Park. The State Journal-Register reports that friends, family members an...
Jul 22, 2019
Search Teams Recover Body From Rice Lake
A body was recovered from Rice Lake in Fulton County Sunday morning. The Copperas Creek Fire Department and Dive Team were called to lake off U.S. Route 24 Saturday afternoon on reports of someone in ...
Jul 21, 2019
Pekin Suspect In Custody
Chase Bennett, 23, has been identified as the Pekin man who barricaded himself inside a store on Derby Street before fleeing the scene on Friday afternoon. Bennett had reportedly entered Half Vaped at...
Jul 21, 2019
Monmouth Man Sets House On Fire And Barricades Himself Inside
Monmouth first responders responded to 516 W. 2nd Avenue in Monmouth, Illinois when Brian Sage set fire to the residence and barricaded himself inside. Monmouth Police officers were able to get Sage o...
Jul 20, 2019
Trump Marks Apollo 11 Anniversary By Meeting Its Astronauts
(AP) - President Donald Trump is marking the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office meeting Friday with former Apollo 11 astronauts. The group included Buzz Aldrin, Mi...
Jul 20, 2019
Slim Chance Of Finding Chinese Scholar's Body
(AP) - Illinois authorities have said the remains of a slain 26-year-old scholar from China may never be found despite a vow from prosecutors this week that the search will continue. Brendt Christense...
Jul 20, 2019
Keeping Zoo Animals Cool
Keeping your pets safe during the current heat wave is, in most instances, as easy as keeping them inside. But what if your animals' home is the Peoria Zoo? Curator of Collections Dawn Petefish says k...
Jul 19, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Alleged Standoff Suspect Not Found Inside Pekin Business
Pekin police entered and searched a business where a man had reportedly barricaded himself and found he was not in the building. Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said officers responded to the...
Jul 19, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
New York Based Foundation Helping Family Of Fallen Deputy
A foundation based out of New York, will be helping the family of fallen Fulton County Deputy, Troy Chisum, by raising money to pay off the family's mortgage. Chisum died while responding to a disturb...
Jul 19, 2019 Illinois State Police
Woman Shot Overnight In Peoria
A 19-year-old woman is recovering after being shot in Peoria's South Side. Peoria Police said a Shotspotter alert came in just after 3 a.m. Friday from the 1700 block of W. Aiken Avenue. The female vi...
Jul 19, 2019
