Category Archives: Local News
Friday fire damages Peoria Heights home
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two people and their pets were displaced after a kitchen fire in their Peoria Heights home Friday. Peoria Heights Fire says crews were called to the single-story home in the Lon...
Dec 22, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Zoo mourns passing of two-toed sloth
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is mourning the loss of its Hoffman's two-toed sloth. The zoo announced Friday the passing of Dustin at 47 years old. In a statement, the zoo says Dustin began to experie...
Dec 22, 2024 (Peoria Zoo)
Central Illinois music festival announces changes for 2025
PEORIA Ill. - The biggest music festival in Central Illinois is back to a familiar name -- but is moving to a new location. Despite being renamed the Solshine Reverie last year -- Summer Camp is back ...
Dec 21, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increases
Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state's electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state. The Illinois Commerce ...
Dec 20, 2024 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott (third from left) reads a 2023 decision rejecting grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. Revised versions of those plans were approved Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested in Peoria for aggravated robbery
PEORIA Ill. - A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing a U-HAUL full of items, Thursday in Peoria. Just before 5:45pm -- Peoria Police responded to a robbery that occurred in the 200 bloc...
Dec 20, 2024
Residents escape Peoria fire Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a residence on N. Nottingham Place Friday morning on reports of a fire outside the home. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived j...
Dec 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Dulin: Peoria's camping ban won't be enforced until early 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - A new city ordinance approved by Peoria City Council members back in November will not be enforced until after the holidays. City Director of Community Development Joe Dulin says an out...
Dec 20, 2024 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
State lawmakers consider Tier 2 pension changes as new session approaches
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the ta...
Dec 20, 2024 Union members rally at the Illinois Capitol in November to call for pension reform. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Peoria City Soccer announces women's team in 2025
PEORIA Ill. - A new soccer team is coming to Peoria in 2025. The Women's Premier Soccer League announced Thursday, their plans for a expansion franchise next year, in Peoria. The WPSL is the oldest wo...
Dec 19, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Creve Coeur man arrested in connection to Dollar Tree robbery in Morton
CREVE COEUR Ill. - A Creve Coeur man has been arrested for his role in the armed robbery of the Dollar Tree in Morton, on December 1st. According to Morton Police -- Robert Asbury of Creve Coeur was i...
Dec 19, 2024
