Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Fire launches school supply donation drive
PEORIA, Ill. - For the fourth straight year, Peoria Firefighters are spending part of their summer gathering school supplies. The department launched its annual Fill The Fire Truck campaign on Wednesd...
May 28, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
NWS weather radio to go offline in early June for maintenance
LINCOLN, Ill. - Weather radios across central Illinois will be off the air for a few days next week. NOAA and the National Weather Service Lincoln office will perform upgrades to its Advanced Weather ...
May 28, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
Dunlap middle school student eliminated from National Spelling Bee
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - The run for a Dunlap Valley Middle School student at the Scripps' National Spelling Bee has come to a close. Kavin Kumar Suriya Prakash of Edwards was eliminated Wednesday morni...
May 28, 2025 (Scripps)
Excitement building about a month ahead of Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom on July 4th
PEORIA, Ill. - Choose Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom is just about a month away. Midwest Communications' Mike Wild says there've been concerns raised about how tariffs on China might affect this y...
May 28, 2025 An image from the 2022 "Red, White, and Boom" show along Peoria's riverfront. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria council approves new development with Dutch Bros coffee shop
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council approved plans Tuesday night for a small shopping center that would be developed at the corner of University Street and War Memorial Drive. The plans include a D...
May 28, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Dunlap middle schooler advances at National Spelling Bee
OXEN HILL, Maryland - An 8th grader at Dunlap Valley Middle School is moving on in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Kavin Kumar Suriya Prakash of Edwards advanced after correctly spelling "logothete...
May 27, 2025 (Scripps)
Bill would require police training for sexual assault, conflicts of interest
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois police officers soon could be required to undergo trauma-informed sexual assault training if the governor signs a bill passed by Illinois lawmakers...
May 27, 2025 State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen is pictured on the Senate floor on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Woman shot in foot Sunday night on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a Sunday night shooting that left a woman injured. Officers responded to the area of Arago and Humboldt just before 11:45 P.M. after three shots were fir...
May 27, 2025
Renovations to the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza begin Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Renovations to the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza get underway on Tuesday, a project that will cost $6.76 million to complete. Construction around the courthouse will mean some changes ...
May 27, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices unchanged through Memorial Day Weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria gas prices were unchanged in the last week, averaging $3.26 a gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations. Prices in Peoria are 6.5 cents a gallon lower tha...
May 27, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
