Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Council Approves Call Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- A chunk of revenue from Peoria's public safety pension fee, set to take effect October 1, was approved Tuesday to go towards a related call center. City Council voted 6-5 during regula...
Sep 25, 2019 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Peoria Approves 3-Percent Recreational Marijuana Sales Tax
Peoria has approved a marijuana sales tax. Tuesday night, Peoria City Council passed a 3-percent sales tax on recreational marijuana on a 9-2 vote. City Manager Patrick Urich said, "This does not prec...
Sep 25, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Burglars Target Peoria Auto Dealers
A rash of burglaries have been targeted to local car dealerships. Peoria Police responded to several business burglaries to auto dealers in the area, that include theft from vehicles and stolen vehicl...
Sep 24, 2019
Confirmed: Peoria's 20th Homicide Victim Was Pregnant
It has been confirmed that Peoria's 20th homicide victim for 2019 was pregnant. "Our forensic pathologist determined that she was between 12 and 13 weeks pregnant," Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood...
Sep 24, 2019
Pelosi Announces Official Impeachment Inquiry
(AP) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Pelosi made the announcement Tuesday from the speaker's office at ...
Sep 24, 2019 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
IDOT Looking For Snowplow Drivers
IDOT is looking for snowbirds. Snowbird is the Illinois Department of Transportation's annual program that hires temporary full-time and on-call snowplow drivers in the winter. Guy Tridgell, spokesper...
Sep 24, 2019
Trump Says All Nations Have A Duty To Act Against Iran
(AP) -President Donald Trump says all nations have a duty to act against Iran and "no responsible government should subsidize Iran's bloodlust." Trump notes the U.S. has imposed the highest level of s...
Sep 24, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
'Dine In The Dark' To Help The Blind And Visually Impaired
'Dinner In The Dark' for a cause. The upcoming event, in its second year, benefits the Central Illinois Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Center's Molly Pasley tells WMBD's Greg and Dan ...
Sep 24, 2019
Peorians To Pay New Public Safety Pension Fee
(25 News)--Peoria property owners will be getting a new bill next month, the public safety pension fee. It was approved by city council last year during budget discussions, a plan to raise money for i...
Sep 24, 2019
Lawmakers Discuss Illinois' Vaping Crisis
Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker and other state lawmakers are pushing legislation to ban flavored nicotine in hopes of curbing teen use. But, Attorney General Kwame Raoul says that won't be enough. Raoul s...
Sep 24, 2019 FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo, a man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. Walmart says it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of illnesses and deaths related to vaping. The nation's largest retailer said Friday, Sept. 20 that it will complete its exit from e-cigarettes after selling through current inventory. It cited growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity regarding vaping products. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
