Category Archives: Local News
A Peoria woman and her pets rescued from a fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters rescued a woman and five pets from a fire Thursday night. When crews arrived around 7:15 p.m. in the area of Orchard and Derby, they found heavy smoke and fire showi...
Jun 20, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria gets sticker shock with combined overflow sewer project
PEORIA, Ill. - The price tag for required work on Peoria's combined sewer overflow project has significantly gone up. The city has until 2039 to complete projects to reduce discharges from the combine...
Jun 19, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City of Peoria looking to obtain Expo Gardens
PEORIA, Ill. - The home of the Heart of Illinois Fair could change owners next week. The Peoria City Council is expected to vote on Tuesday to purchase Expo Gardens to develop residential housing in t...
Jun 19, 2025 (Expo Gardens)
Woman arrested after alleged armed robbery at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is facing numerous charges after an alleged armed robbery Sunday night at a Peoria apartment complex. Peoria Police says officers responded just before midnight to the Lexington...
Jun 19, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell County honors first former slave to own land in the county for Juneteenth
TREMONT, Ill. - Tazewell County marked Juneteenth with the dedication of a new Illinois State Historical Marker. The Illinois State Historical Marker in rural Tremont recognizes Peter Logan, the first...
Jun 19, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin Police participating in the IL Law Enforcement Torch Run Friday morning
PEKIN, Ill. - The Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run will be making its way through Pekin Friday morning. The Torch Run, which supports the Special Olympics, got its start in Illinois back in 1986, wi...
Jun 19, 2025 Law enforcement officers running in the annual Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois. (Special Olympics of Illinois Facebook)
Peoria man arrested on multiple gun charges on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - During a traffic stop Tuesday, Peoria Police arrested a man allegedly wanted on multiple gun charges. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says 19-year-old Kamarion Collins was taken into custo...
Jun 19, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Storms brought heavy rain and tornadoes to Central IL Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Severe storms that rolled through Central Illinois on Wednesday brought heavy rain and some tornadoes. The National Weather Service in Lincoln says tornadoes were reported in Tazewell, ...
Jun 19, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GOP lawsuit seeks to end 'gut-and-replace' legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A group of Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit this week that seeks to nullify legislation they say would indelibly alter both the business and legal lands...
Jun 18, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, left, and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch are named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging passage of a bill that would make a significant change in state law regarding corporate liability. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Teen to spend 14 years in prison in death of mother in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager will spend more than a decade in prison for the strangulation death of his mother in Peoria's East Bluff two years ago. 25 News reports 19-year-old Avion Tapia will spend the...
Jun 18, 2025 courtroom gavel
