Category Archives: Local News
PPS Board selects superintendent search firm
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education selected a Texas-based company Monday night to help find the district's next superintendent. From the Heart of Arlington, Texas was selected...
Aug 26, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
CEO Denise Moore leaving PCCEO
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is once again seeking a new leader. In a statement, Denise Moore announced that she is stepping down as CEO of Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. Mo...
Aug 26, 2025
PPS presidents renews call for metal detectors at the district's high schools
PEORIA, Ill. - After a pair of recent shootings at Manual High School, the president of Peoria Public Schools Board of Education is asking the board to reconsider installing metal detectors at the dis...
Aug 26, 2025 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin to change logo as part of rebrand approved by council
PEKIN, Ill. - A flower will be a part of Pekin's branding going forward. City council Monday night approved a new brand and brand standards for marketing for Pekin, which includes a new logo and tagli...
Aug 25, 2025 (City of Pekin)
In response to military deployment, Pritzker tells Trump: 'Do not come to Chicago'
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker and the state's top Democrats condemned President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the military in Chicago to fight crime. The state's leaders said Trump's plan has sim...
Aug 25, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes the Trump administration’s threat to deploy military forces in Chicago alongside dozens of activists, Democratic politicians and religious leaders in downtown Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria County SA wants to see changes to juvenile justice system
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's lead prosecutor wants to see reforms made to the juvenile justice system. State's Attorney Jodi Hoos joined WMBD's "The Phil Luciano Show" to discuss how to address the ...
Aug 25, 2025 Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Adult and teen charged in connection to South Peoria shooting early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - An adult and a teenager are facing weapons charges after a South Peoria shooting early Sunday morning that injured two people, one critically with a gunshot wound to the head. The Peori...
Aug 25, 2025 courtroom gavel
DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
Story summary: The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking access to Illinois' complete, unredacted statewide voter registration database, including voters' personal information such as dates of birth, ...
Aug 25, 2025 Election workers check voters’ names against a registration list and hand out ballots at a polling place in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria Public Works looking for groups to "Paint-A-Plow"
PEORIA, Ill. - We're hopefully still months away from any snow, but Peoria Public Works is looking for groups to 'Paint-A-Plow". "We open this program to the non-for-profits, local organizations and s...
Aug 25, 2025 (Peoria Public Works)
Men of Peoria support Manual HS students after shooting incidents near school
PEORIA, Ill. - For Jim Garner, a family connection led him to join more than 100 men Monday morning on the campus of Peoria Manual High School. "I had a granddaughter that went to Manual, so I just wa...
Aug 25, 2025 Men of the community line the sidewalk at the Peoria Manual High School entrance to show support for students, after incidents of shootings near the campus. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
