Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still on the rise heading into April
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen less than a penny per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's pric...
Mar 31, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
One arrested after early Saturday morning shooting at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was arrested after a shooting at a Peoria apartment complex early Saturday morning. Peoria Police say officers responded to the Lexington Hills Apartments just before 12:30 A...
Mar 30, 2025
PPD: Downtown Peoria crash sends three people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash with a rollover in downtown Peoria Friday. The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of Monroe and Main Streets, near the ...
Mar 29, 2025 Three-vehicle crash in downtown Peoria Friday afternoon near the Courtyard by Marriott. (25 News)
Crews battle basement fire in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters responded to an East Peoria home Friday evening on reports of a fire. Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie Marmitt says crews arrived around 5:55 p.m. to the single-family home...
Mar 29, 2025 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Collins: Continued threat of severe weather Sunday, then again Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins expects strong to severe storms to roll into Central Illinois Sunday afternoon. For that reason, Collins has designated Sunday a Fi...
Mar 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Singapore-based IV manufacturer officially buys Pekin land for new production facility
PEKIN, Ill. - The sale of land in Pekin's Riverway Business Park to a Singapore-based medical manufacturer was made official on Friday. Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical CEO Freddie Lee signed a doc...
Mar 28, 2025 Pekin Mayor Mary Burress and Epic Medical CEO Freddie Lee show a land purchase agreement after both parties signed it, on March 28th, 2025. The land at Pekin's Riverway Business Park will be used to develop Epic's first facility in the United States. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University set to move forward with developing former Avanti's location
PEORIA, Ill. - The former Avanti's location near Bradley University will soon be razed, as the university moves forward with plans to develop a green space there. The university announced on Friday it...
Mar 28, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria County urges residents to early vote this weekend before consolidated election
PEORIA, Ill. - With the consolidated elections just a few days away, Peoria County's early voting turnout has been lower than expected, and local officials are hoping to change that. Elizabeth Gannon,...
Mar 28, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison after guilty plea to distributing methamphetamine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. 31-year-old Romel Turner pleaded guilty in August of 2024 ...
Mar 28, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump administration blocks more than $400M in funding for Illinois health programs
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - President Donald Trump's administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be used to prevent infectious disease and treat mental health and s...
Mar 28, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
