Category Archives: Local News
Washington man arrested on aggravated battery charge
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Washington man has been arrested during an investigation into an aggravated battery incident. Washington Police say 33-year-old Kyle Peterson was arrested after a search warrant w...
Aug 13, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Chillicothe couple suffered blunt force trauma in fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results for a Chillicothe couple who died over the weekend after their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck are consistent with injuries suffered in the crash. Peoria County ...
Aug 13, 2024 (Peoria County Coroner)
One dead after double shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is dead after a double shooting Sunday night. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says one of the two victims that were shot, 35-year-old Zaneta Winters, was pronounced b...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
PPS Board denies succession committee motion
PEORIA, Ill. - After being tabled at the July Board of Education meeting, a motion to establish a succession committee for Peoria Public Schools was denied on a 4-2 vote Monday night. The motion recei...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Native Liv Warfield to perform live on AGT
PEORIA, Ill. - After getting the golden buzzer from America's Got Talent Judge Simon Cowell in June, Peoria Native Liv Warfield has gone viral. In her initial audition for AGT, Warfield performed an o...
Aug 13, 2024 Peoria native Liv Warfield performs on NBC's America's Got Talent in June, receiving the Golden Buzzer.
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Congressman Sorensen announces federal funding to help replace water lines in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Federal money will help fund improvements to the water system in Peoria Heights. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) visited the village on Monday to announce mor...
Aug 12, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Multiple people taken to the hospital after two-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One man suffered life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police say a 23-year-old man was partially ejected and entrapped in one of th...
Aug 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Police investigating after two people shot in South Peoria Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after two people were shot in South Peoria Saturday night. Peoria Police say officers responded just after 11:00 P.M.after a total of 14 shots were fired in...
Aug 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices continue to fall as summer driving season winds down
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria gas prices have dropped just under a penny a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.73 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Local prices are roughly 6.5 cents higher than a month ago...
Aug 12, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Double shooting under investigation in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were seriously injured in a shooting Sunday night in Central Peoria. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to N. El Vista Avenue, just after 8 p.m., findi...
Aug 12, 2024
