Category Archives: Local News
Peoria primary voter turnout low as election day nears
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria voters will be going to the polls on Tuesday, but not many of them are casting their ballots. Tuesday's primary elections in the city will decide the two finalists in races for m...
Feb 24, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
PPD: Teens arrested at Peoria home Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded to a home on N. Webster Street Friday evening on reports of a male pointing a gun at a female. When officers arrived around 6:45 p.m., several juveniles were ins...
Feb 24, 2025 MWC-PPD
Lawmakers weigh whether to legalize 'medical aid in dying'
CHICAGO - Lawmakers are considering legalizing a controversial medical practice that proponents say could ease suffering for the terminally ill. It's sometimes called "assisted suicide," although phys...
Feb 24, 2025 Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, speaks at a legislative hearing on a bill that would legalize “medical aid in dying.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Police investigate deaths of four people found in Bloomington home
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington Police and the McLean County Coroner's Office are investigating the deaths of four people who were found in a home late Sunday morning. The police department released i...
Feb 24, 2025 (Bloomington Police Facebook)
GasBuddy: Peoria prices unchanged, national prices dip slightly
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria are unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.28 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are just over ...
Feb 24, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Washington mayoral candidates discuss amphitheater project at debate
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The proposed amphitheater project in Washington was one of the topics of Saturday's mayoral debate in the city. City council members Lili Stevens and Mike Brownfield are vying for t...
Feb 23, 2025 (League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria)
Peoria Fire Department crews fight multiple blazes Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters battled multiple blazes within an hour of each other on Saturday afternoon. The first was called in just after 1:00 P.M. on the West Bluff, in the area of Richmond a...
Feb 23, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Long-term reconstruction project beginning soon on Maxwell Road, in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Beginning Monday, a long-term reconstruction project begins on Maxwell Road between Fauber Road and Middle Road. The $7.1 million dollar project will reconstruct Maxwell Road into a thre...
Feb 22, 2025
Peoria Riverfront Museum reveals plans for America's 250th birthday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum is hoping to become one of the premiere destinations to celebrate a significant birthday for the United States of America. Museum leaders announced Friday m...
Feb 21, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Salvation Army men's shelter project receives big head start
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's men's shelter project received a big boost Thursday evening. The organization announced two separate gifts totaling $9 million to go towards the project. Roy...
Feb 20, 2025 (Peoria Salvation Army)
