Category Archives: Local News
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
Jury selection begins next week in corruption trial of former Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jury selection will begin next week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose half-century career and status as Illinois' ...
Oct 04, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pedestrain struck by Chillicothe Police squad car
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a local hospital after reportedly being struck by a Chillicothe Police squad car. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred in the area of Rome West Road and ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois governor urges more facilities like West Peoria's Young Minds Center across state
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to see more facilities like Trillium Place's Young Minds Center across the state. Pritzker stopped by the facility on Thursday during a visit ...
Oct 03, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks with Chad and Jenna Manbeck of Peoria at the Young Minds Center in West Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
