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Juvenile injured in Monday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was injured Monday night after a shooting in South Peoria. Peoria Police say it happened just after 8:00 p.m. near Starr and Griswold, where two ShotSpotter alerts totaled ar...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
'Jaws of Life' used in downtown crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A crash in downtown Peoria Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital. Peoria Fire was called to the intersection of Spalding and Jefferson around 7 a.m., for a serious accident i...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
CityLink offering free rides to the polls and on Veterans Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink and the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District on Tuesday, November 8, are offering free rides to all passengers for Election Day. "We are pleased to offer free rides to the pas...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
PPD searching for two missing persons
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police is asking for the public's help in finding two missing persons. Deven Lane was last seen on Friday, November 4 at approximately 9:30 P.M. on N. Sterling in Peoria. He's d...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Decision Day 2022: Midterm Elections
UPDATE: 10:17 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Republican U.S. House Representative Darin LaHood has claimed victory in the race for the Illinois 16th District seat even as more than 60 percent of precincts have ...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Candidates make final push to get out the vote
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker was crisscrossing the state Monday while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, focused on the Chicago suburbs as ...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, speaks at a news event in Oak Brook Monday. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
Police: Two juveniles shot near Quest Academy
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police flooded an area near Quest Academy in Peoria Monday afternoon. Police were called to an area near Gift Street and Bootz Avenue around 3:30 on three SpotSpotter alerts, tot...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
County Auditor position again on election ballot
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County voters are being asked for the second time in four years to eliminate the position of County Auditor. The question on the ballot claims the county would save money by elim...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 (Peoria County)
Peoria-area gas prices higher than last week, slightly lower than Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area are continuing their trek upward once again. AAA says Monday's average price of unleaded in the Peoria-Pekin metro is at $4.28 a gallon -- down a penny fro...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
2022 Midterms under the microscope in central Illinois
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The people responsible for counting ballots on Election Day in central Illinois are likely to be encountered by a much higher number of poll watchers than they've seen in the ...
Cooper Banks Nov 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
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