Category Archives: Local News

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,...
Julia Bradley 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...
TJ Carson 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...
Julia Bradley 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 ...
Julia Bradley 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...
TJ Carson 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: ...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley 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 ...
Julia Bradley Oct 19, 2024 (Midwest Communications)

Man who died in wrong way crash on I-74 near Morton is identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY Ill. - The man killed in the Wednesday night crash along I-74 in Tazewell County -- has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner, Charles Hanley, says preliminary findings of an autops...
Casey Foreman Oct 18, 2024

OSF Life Flight marks 40 years of service
PEORIA Ill. - OSF Healthcare celebrated 40-years of "Life Flight" services Friday. Life Flight provides critical air-medical transport service throughout Illinois -- and OSF now has helicopters based ...
Casey Foreman Oct 18, 2024 (OSF Life Flight team with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, courtesy of OSF Healthcare)


