Category Archives: Local News
Teenager third person arrested in connection to June shooting death in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male is the third person arrested in connection to a homicide from last month in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the teen was arrested Monday afternoon for First Degree M...
Jul 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Raw sewage leak in Washington affects Farm Creek
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington says it has identified a raw sewage leak that is affecting a tributary that leads to Farm Creek. In a Facebook post, it says there is no risk to the municipal...
Jul 07, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty to shooting death of girlfriend in South Peoria home in 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A 19-year-old has pleaded guilty to the shooting death of his girlfriend last year in a South Peoria home. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Nathaniel Archuleta pleaded g...
Jul 07, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Teens seriously injured in shooting Sunday night in S. Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a 19-year-old and 17-year-old were both seriously injured in a shooting Sunday night in S. Peoria. Sgt. Amy Dotson says officers were called just before 9 p.m. Sunday to the ...
Jul 07, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices are down a bit, following a national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.34 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are ...
Jul 07, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: Coroner says deceased male found in South Peoria home tentatively identified
UPDATED 12:06 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a South Peoria home this past weekend has been tentatively identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood made the announcement in the comments of a ...
Jul 06, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
New BU president wants increased use of former founder's home
PEORIA, Ill. - The former home of Bradley University founder Lydia Moss Bradley still stands on Moss Avenue in Peoria. The home, a three-story mansion, was built in 1856 with Tobias and Lydia Moss Bra...
Jul 06, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
South Peoria home damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - One resident escapes a house fire in South Peoria. Firefighters responded to a house near Blaine and Starr around 4:10 Sunday morning after a call from a neighbor. Crews found fire and ...
Jul 06, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Restaurant/bar in downtown Pekin to close
PEKIN, Ill. - A restaurant and bar that moved from Farmington to Pekin after a devastating fire four years ago is closing its doors for good citing rising costs of running the business. The fire destr...
Jul 06, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Man booked on weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill - One man is facing a number of weapons charges after allegedly firing a gun in South Peoria. Kevin Boyce, 32, was booked in the Peoria County Jail on charges including aggravated discharg...
Jul 06, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
