Category Archives: Local News
Ground broken on Peoria International Airport air traffic control tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - A "long awaited day" for the Peoria International Airport has arrived. The airport held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning for the facility's new air traffic control tower. The cu...
Oct 21, 2024 Employees of the Peoria International Airport take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new air traffic control tower at PIA. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With less than three weeks remaining before voting ends in the 2024 election, polls have been showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Dona...
Oct 21, 2024 Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. (Capitol News Illinois illustration, Created with Datawrapper, base map copyright OpenStreetMap.)
Early Voting popular here in Central Illinois and statewide ahead of the November Election
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - With a little over two weeks until Election Day, Early Voting is going strong in Peoria County. Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says over 5,...
Oct 21, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Multiple people injured after a three shooting incidents Monday in Peoria
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a 23-year-old male was treated for a gunshot wound after he was reportedly shot while walking. Police say they were informed just after 1:00 P.M. tha...
Oct 21, 2024
Morton Band takes top honors at State Marching Competition
MORTON, Ill. - For a third year in a row, the Morton High School Marching Band took first place honors over the weekend in finals competition at the Illinois State Marching Band Championships. The com...
Oct 21, 2024 (Morton High School Marching Band)
Peoria gas prices nearly unchanged as the national median price dips below $3.00
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.38 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in ...
Oct 21, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Gold Star families remember loved ones in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Gold Star families across central Illinois came together in Peoria on Saturday to remember their loved ones. The 10th annual commemoration hosted by America's Gold Star Families was hel...
Oct 20, 2024 (25 News)
Expect road closures and construction starting Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Portions of I-474 at the Airport Road interchange will close overnight for three consecutive nights beginning Oct. 21. The closures will occur as follows, with detours posted: Oct. 21: ...
Oct 19, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
ISP trooper killed in crash while on duty Friday
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An Illinois State Police trooper was killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday in Champaign County. The trooper is identified by ISP as 28-year-old Corey Thompsen. He had worked almost fi...
Oct 19, 2024 ISP Trooper Corey Thompson was killed while on duty in Champaign County Friday afternoon. (Illinois State Police)
Several pets die in Peoria fire Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a residential fire Friday night in the 2100 block of N. Machin Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says around 8:20 p.m., crews found ...
Oct 19, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
