Category Archives: Local News
Peoria leaders want more food vendors to return to downtown
By Liz Lape PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - More food vendors could line the streets of Downtown Peoria later this year. City staffers have proposed to city council members that they would like to increase t...
Mar 10, 2026 One of Peoria's local food trucks. (25 News)
East central Illinois teenager passes away at Peoria hospital after baseball injury
PEORIA, Ill. - An Edgar County teenager has died in a Peoria hospital after reportedly being injured during baseball practice. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 15-year-old Bentley Wolfe of Chr...
Mar 09, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Peoria Manual returns to boys' basketball state finals
STERLING, Ill. - Peoria Manual is returning to the state's biggest stage in boys' basketball. The Rams punched their ticket Monday night to the IHSA Class 2A state finals, after a convincing victory o...
Mar 09, 2026 (Peoria Manual High School)
Peoria Police granted access to Peoria Public Schools security cameras
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police has been granted access to security cameras at Peoria Public Schools. After the topic was tabled last month, the PPS board unanimously approved the agreement in its consen...
Mar 09, 2026 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pekin mayor says data center project will not move forward
PEKIN, Ill. - A proposed data center project for the city of Pekin will not move forward. During Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement via a prepared statement,...
Mar 09, 2026 (City of Pekin)
One person dies after Spring Bay fire Monday morning
SPRING BAY, Ill. - One person has died after a fire at a Spring Bay duplex early Monday morning. Spring Bay Fire says crews responded just before 5:30 A.M. to the 100-block of Spring Creek Terrace, wi...
Mar 09, 2026 Midwest Communications
Report outlines premature deaths, chronic health problems among homeless Illinoisans
Article Summary The recent mortality and morbidity report by the Illinois Department of Public Health reveals that people experiencing homelessness have a much higher rate of hospitalizations and prem...
Mar 09, 2026 A volunteer with Street Samaritans hands out a care package to a
person camping underneath a bridge in November in the Chicago area. (Medill Illinois News
Bureau by Jacques Abou-Rizk)
Washington finishes the job at IHSA girls' basketball state finals
NORMAL, Ill. - The redemption tour for the Washington Lady Panthers is now complete. On Saturday, Washington defeated Chatham Glenwood, 60-45, in the IHSA Class 3A girls basketball state championship ...
Mar 07, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Dee-Mack wins first state championship in girls' basketball
NORMAL, Ill. - The Dee-Mack Lady Chiefs are the queens of the court. In its first ever trip to the IHSA girls basketball state finals, Dee-Mack won the Class 1A state championship on Saturday morning ...
Mar 07, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New road projects get underway in Peoria County on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - In Peoria, on Monday, from 9am to 3:30pm, southbound Route 6 will go down to one lane at War Memorial Drive for sign work. In Peoria, on Wednesday, lane closures begin on Knoxville Aven...
Mar 07, 2026 Midwest Communications
