Category Archives: Local News
Teenager arrested after large gathering and fight in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested after Peoria Police allege a connection to an armed robbery. Officers responded just before 7:45 P.M. to Logan Park on Saturday after reports of a large crowd an...
Jun 23, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hate crime investigation underway after flags allegedly taken from Peoria business
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a group of suspects involved in an alleged hate crime incident in the downtown area. Police say officers were in contact with the owner of In Bloom Tattoo ...
Jun 23, 2025 (Peoria Police Department)
Pritzker OKs changes to Prisoner Review Board following years of controversy
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who would go on to commit murder, ...
Jun 23, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, observes action on the Senate floor during the last week of the 2025 legislative session. Harmon was the sponsor of a bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Cooling centers available across central Illinois during heat wave
PEORIA, Ill. - Numerous locations are available this week for people who need to get out of the extreme heat. A heat advisory is in effect until Thursday night with heat index values reaching as high ...
Jun 23, 2025 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
Central IL libraries set to receive grants to improve technology
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Secretary of State's Office is awarding more than $1 million in new grants to assist public libraries in underserved communities, including several here in Central Ill...
Jun 23, 2025 Rawpixel / Depositphotos.com
UPDATE: Explosions heard over Qatar capital Doha after Iran threat to retaliate for US strikes
UPDATED 12:14 P.M. DOHA/ISTANBUL/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Explosions were heard over Qatar's capital Doha on Monday, a Reuters witness reported, shortly after a Western diplomat said there had been a credi...
Jun 23, 2025 People attend a protest against the U.S attack on nuclear sites, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 22, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices almost unchanged in the past week, as prices nationally are on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. -Gas prices in Peoria were almost unchanged in the last week, down 0.3 cents a gallon, averaging $3.27 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peori...
Jun 23, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Area congressmen's reactions to U.S. attack on Iran differ
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two congressmen representing Central Illinois have opposing views on President Donald Trump's decision to join Israel's war against Iran. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) praised t...
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. September 14, 2024. U.S. Air National Guard/Master Sgt. Patrick Evenson/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Road construction projects scheduled to begin
PEORIA, Ill. - Another round of road construction projects are slated to get underway, or resume, Monday. A major upgrade project will begin on Route 9 just west of Tremont to East Street. That will i...
Jun 22, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
UPDATE: Fatal shooting victim identified, one suspect arrested
UPDATED - 5:40 P.M. 6/21 PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Peoria, while police say one suspect is in custody. Teron Scott, Jr., 20, was found d...
Jun 21, 2025
