Category Archives: Local News
PPS rejects waiving tuition for teachers' kids living outside the district a second time
PEORIA, Ill. -Peoria Public Schools has voted against waiving tuition fees for students whose parents are employed by the district, but live outside its boundaries. Board members Monday night rejected...
May 13, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin swears in new city council and honors late City Clerk
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin City Council on Monday night swore-in its new members, honored its departing ones, and remembered a "pillar of the community." Monday night was the final city council meeting f...
May 12, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Record-breaking weekend of comedy and music at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - There was a lot of laughter from the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday The Civic Center says more than 18,000 people attended the two shows by comedian Nate Bargatze, setting a single-day...
May 12, 2025 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
The Salvation Army is celebrating nearly 140 years in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Salvation Army of Central Illinois is celebrating its long history this week...during National Salvation Army Week. The Corps' Major Heath Sells says their programs help people 365 ...
May 12, 2025 (Salvation Army)
Peoria Police investigating early Sunday morning shooting and crash on South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a traffic crash from early Sunday morning in the area of a nearby shooting. The rollover crash occurred in the intersection of Western and Howett, where ...
May 12, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Decatur man found guilty in 2023 West Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Decatur man has been found guilty for a West Peoria homicide two years ago. A Peoria County jury on Thursday found 24-year-old Lamentae Turner guilty of First Degree Murder and Unlawf...
May 12, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Camper fire in S. Peoria causes minor damage to homes nearby
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to the area of S. Blaine and W. Garden Streets on reports of a camper fire Sunday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived around ...
May 12, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still down, despite higher oil prices
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped a little over two cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.31 on Monday. GasBuddy price reports show the cheapest gas in Peoria on Sunday was $3.0...
May 12, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
PPS board to revisit tuition waiver proposal
PEORIA, Ill.- A plan to offer free tuition to some Peoria Public Schools students will be revisited by the school board Monday. The proposal is to offer free tuition to students of PPS employees who l...
May 11, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Traffic delays expected at major Peoria intersection
PEORIA, Ill. - Big changes are coming for the intersection of University Street and Pioneer Parkway in Peoria. To make way for those changes, University Street will close to thru traffic in both direc...
May 11, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
