Category Archives: Local News
Armed robbery sends Peoria man to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a pair of suspects wanted for an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday morning. Officers were called just after 12 a.m. to the area of N. Western and W...
Jul 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria's UFS Outlet Center announces it's moving the store across town
PEORIA, Ill. - After nearly 60 years on SW Adams on Peoria's Southside, UFS has announced the store is moving to the other side of town. UFS said in a release on Tuesday that the store will relocate t...
Jul 29, 2025 UFS Outlet Center on SW Adams Street in Peoria announced on Tuesday the store is moving across town. (USF Outlet Center website).
The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners are on their way to St. Jude
PEORIA, Ill. - It's the 44th year of the St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run. Co-founder Mike McCoy spoke with WMBD's "Greg and Dan" on Tuesday morning as the caravan made their way out of town. "We've got...
Jul 29, 2025 The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners left Peoria Tuesday morning. Once in Memphis, they'll start the trek back home Wednesday. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Caleb Kelch)
UPDATE: Child in critical condition after drowning incident at Peoria pool
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A six-year-old remains in critical condition after a drowning incident at a Peoria private country club pool. Peoria Police says the incident occurred just before 7:4...
Jul 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
West Bluff fire sends four people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's West Bluff sent two adults and two children to the hospital for smoke inhalation Monday night. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says crews responded just after 6 p.m....
Jul 29, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Redevelopment of PNC Bank Building closer to reality with construction bids
PEORIA, Ill. - Three companies have submitted bids to redevelop the P-N-C Bank building in downtown Peoria. City Manager Patrick Urich tells "The Phil Luciano Show" the companies are Baldovin from Peo...
Jul 29, 2025 (25 News)
Pritzker signs bills addressing gun storage, tracing of firearms
Article summary: Senate Bill 8 requires gun owners to keep their weapons secured and inaccessible to minors, people at risk of harming themselves or others, and people prohibited from possessing firea...
Jul 28, 2025 Under new laws signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, firearm owners will soon be required to keep their weapons stored securely and out of the hands of minors while law enforcement agencies will be required to trace the ownership of all firearms they recover from crime scenes. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Teenager arrested after traffic stop in Peoria early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested after allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle early Sunday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police says a traffic stop was conducted on a previously reported ...
Jul 28, 2025
New initiative aims to renovate Peoria South Side homes for low-income families
PEORIA, Ill. - A new initiative aims to renovate homes on Peoria's South Side to prepare them for new owners. The Peoria Opportunities Foundation and the Southside Community Center announced the proje...
Jul 28, 2025 (City of Peoria)
PPS Superintendent speaks before final year in district
PEORIA, Ill. - The superintendent of Peoria Public Schools is opening up about her decision to leave the district at the end of the school year. Earlier this month, Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat announc...
Jul 28, 2025 Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat speaks after the district's Convocation at the Peoria Civic Center before the start of the 2025-26 school year. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
