Category Archives: Local News
New behavioral hospital coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare has broken ground on a new behavioral health hospital. The provider and US HealthVest put shovels in the ground Thursday for Meadowview Behavioral Hospital on Wood Sage R...
May 15, 2025 (OSF Healthcare)
Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for 'not communicating'
SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session and a tightening...
May 15, 2025 State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2024 after voting against the state budget for the current fiscal year. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch stripped him of his committee leadership role and banned him from attending Democratic caucus hearings this week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
PPD: Teen arrested on multiple gun charges Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop in the area of W. Marengo and N. Lavelle Court Wednesday morning, for a suspended registration. Officers approached the vehicle just before 10:30 ...
May 15, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria woman accused in death of toddler son ordered held until trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman will remain in jail for what prosecutors say was a "violent, brutal, and continuous attack" on her toddler twins, reportedly leading to the death of one of them. Circuit ...
May 15, 2025 Kaleeyah Sprinkle (right) sits next to her public defender at a detention hearing on May 15th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPD remembers officers lost in the line of duty
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual ceremony honoring Peoria's fallen officers who died in the line of duty was held outside City Hall Wednesday. Chief Eric Echevarria said he's grateful for his officers' safet...
May 15, 2025 Peoria Police remembered officers they've lost in the line of duty on Wednesday outside City Hall. (25 News)
Peoria firefighters respond to HAZMAT incident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to the area of W. Pioneer Parkway and N. Harker Drive Wednesday afternoon for a HAZMAT situation. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says around 3:15 p.m., ...
May 15, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Two men in custody following standoff with Pekin Police
Updated 12:55 p.m. PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police conducted a criminal investigation Wednesday evening that led to a high-risk search warrant for a residence on Court Street, near Mineral Springs Park. Th...
May 15, 2025 Pekin Police were involved in a standoff with a man on Court Street across from Mineral Springs Park Wednesday evening. (25 News)
Governor's office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his Februar...
May 14, 2025 Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, speaks to Capitol News Illinois about the status of state budget negotiations. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
TIF funding to keep PeoriaCorps program running through summer
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria will continue to fund a workforce development program whose funding future is uncertain. The council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to approve more than $41,000 i...
May 14, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Zoo welcomes young giraffe "Fitz"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is announcing a new arrival. Fitz, short for Fitniklaus, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe, was born April 2 at the Memphis Zoo. Peoria Zoo officials say Fitz brings a y...
May 14, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new arrival...Fitz, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe. (Photo from the Peoria Zoo)
