Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Grandy jury indicts Peoria woman in death of toddler
UPDATED 4:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been indicted in the death of her son from last week, and the alleged abuse against the boy's twin sister. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday ind...
May 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Canadian electric bus company establishes presence in Greater Peoria region
WASHINGTON D.C./PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria region will be the home to the first United States facility for a Canadian transit company. Governor J.B Pritzker on Tuesday announced an investment b...
May 13, 2025 (Karsan Damera)
Minor earthquake hits SE Illinois overnight
LERNA, Ill. - The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.3 magnitude earthquake happened late Monday night near Lerna, Illinois, about 50 miles south of Champaign. The quake was considered mild, with no dama...
May 13, 2025 gmac84 / Depositphotos.com
Suspect dies 25 years after shotgun slaying of Marine vet near Bartonville
A weekend highway crash killed a suspect in the 25-year-old unsolved murder of U.S. Marine veteran Kyle Harrell. John Conway, 58, died Saturday in a one-vehicle accident in the state of Wyoming, where...
May 13, 2025 Kyle Harrell
Vehicle fire causes $100K in damage in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called early Tuesday morning to a vehicle fire that had spread to two nearby homes in the area of W. Gilbert and Loucks. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says ...
May 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
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)
