Category Archives: Local News
Mega Millions To Get MEGA Enhancements in April 2025
PEORIA Ill. - Mega-Millions announces BIGGER jackpots and BETTER odds... The lottery game is launching a series of new improvements next April -- including the first ticket-price change since 2017. Ti...
Oct 07, 2024 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Man arrested near Peoria apartment complex after allegedly found with loaded weapon
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was arrested Friday morning after allegedly being in possession of a stolen weapon. Officers responded just after 10:30 A.M. near the Lexington Hills Apartments ...
Oct 07, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices drop again in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices are still on a downward trend in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports an average of $3.34/g Monday in the Peoria area, down 2.4 cents in the past week. Their average is 23.1 ce...
Oct 07, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Man reportedly with shotgun arrested Sunday in Tremont
TREMONT, Ill. - A man reportedly with a shotgun was arrested by Tremont Police Sunday afternoon. Tremont Police says the 38-year-old was spotted in the area of James and Elm at around 4:15 P.M. Police...
Oct 07, 2024
Fire leaves South Peoria home a total loss
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire determined to be caused by arson destroys a South Peoria house. Firefighters found the fire in the rear of the one and a half story residence when they arrived around 7:30 p.m. F...
Oct 05, 2024 Midwest Communications
Fire damages Western Avenue residence
PEORIA, Ill. - No injuries are reported following a fire in a house on Western Avenue. Firefighters were called to the residence in the 6000 block just after 5:30 p.m. Friday. All occupants were outsi...
Oct 05, 2024 Midwest Communications
Man injured after Friday shooting at South Peoria shopping center
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Friday afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police say the shooting occurred in the area of Western and Howett at the Family D...
Oct 04, 2024 (25 News)
Man arrested in Peoria on federal weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A wanted man was arrested Thursday on federal gun charges in Peoria. Peoria Police say 23-year-old Isaiah Nunn-Brown was observed leaving a residence in the area of Gale and Institute j...
Oct 04, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State grant to help bring grocery store to South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Pastor Chuck Brown has been working to open a grocery store in Peoria's South Side for the past few years. After the closures of Aldi's and Krogers in the area in recent years, he says ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Fire Department's Fallen Firefighters Memorial
PEORIA Ill. - Members of the Peoria Fire Department gathered outside city hall Friday morning - to honor those fallen in the line of duty. It was the department's annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial, ...
Oct 04, 2024
