Category Archives: Local News
Former Sully's Bar location eyed for hotel development
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is looking at a plan to help redevelop a key section of the downtown area that now sits vacant. The former Sully's Bar location is the proposed site for a $57 millio...
Julia Bradley Feb 10, 2023 (25 News)
Illinois' Duckworth among Senators questioning Southwest CEO
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth was one of those who called top officials from Southwest Airlines out on the carpet for how they did -- or, didn't -- respond to massive delays...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Judge: PPS candidate should return to April ballot
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has overturned the Peoria County Election Commission's decision to toss a candidate for Peoria School Board off the April election ballot. In a decision filed Thur...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 (Keisha Alexander/"Keisha for D150 School Board" Facebook)
Police investigate West Bluff carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they're looking for someone who may be responsible for a carjacking in the West Bluff area. Police say it happened at around 8:23 p.m. Wednesday on North Underhill, in...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
No injuries in car vs. train incident Thursday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - No one was injured in a car versus train incident Thursday morning. The Peoria Fire Department says firefighters were called to West Clark Street in the area of Allied Iron and Steel at...
TJ Carson Feb 09, 2023 (25 News)
Man arrested for downtown parking garage robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have the man in custody they say robbed a woman late Monday night in the Civic Center Plaza parking garage. Police say John H. Johnson, 27, was arrested Wednesday afternoo...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Special delivery: Amazon's North Pekin fulfillment center is officially open
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. - The first packages are being delivered to Peoria-area homes from Amazon's new fulfillment center in North Pekin. The ribbon was cut Thursday morning on the facility -- only employi...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
On Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, advocates spotlight ongoing racial disparities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers and advocates commemorated National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Tuesday, calling attention to the disproportionate impact the disease ha...
Will Stevenson Feb 09, 2023 Yaa Simpson, or Sista Yaa, an HIV/AIDS community advocate and epidemiologist for The Association of Clinical Trial Services, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol about the racial disparities in new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Data from AIDSVu, an interactive data tool presented by Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, showed in 2020 Black people comprised 52.1 percent of HIV diagnoses in Illinois despite making up roughly 15 percent of the population. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Arrest made in West Peoria homicide
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A Decatur man has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing another Decatur man in West Peoria last month. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says Lamentae Turner, 22, was ...
Will Stevenson Feb 08, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
New Amazon fulfillment center opens in North Pekin Thursday morning
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. - A major company will open its first Peoria-area location Thursday morning. Amazon opens its fulfillment center in North Pekin at 9:00 a.m. Thursday. Despite the rainy, windy weathe...
Will Stevenson Feb 08, 2023 (25 News)