Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices steady ahead of 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped a little over one cent a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Pe...
Jul 01, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Traffic pattern switch in Peoria road construction project begins Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Road construction on Glen Avenue between University Street and Dawn Drive moves into another phase. Beginning Monday, the head-to-head traffic configuration on Glen Avenue will shift to...
Jun 30, 2024 Glen Avenue crossover from March, 2024. Photo: IDOT
Golf Learning Center and Peoria Zoo improvements approved by Peoria Park District board
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple Peoria Park District facilities will be receiving improvements over the next year. The park district board approved the projects at their meeting on Wednesday. One of them is a...
Jun 28, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Circuit court warns of phone scam in Peoria County regarding jury duty
PEORIA, Ill. - The Tenth Judicial Circuit Court is warning about a reported scam in Peoria County regarding missed jury duty. In a statement Friday, the court says there's been reports of people posin...
Jun 28, 2024 courtroom gavel
Pritzker calls SCOTUS emergency abortion ruling 'small respite' as state protections await his signature
Abortion remains legal as an emergency medical procedure in Idaho, for now, after a Thursday U.S. Supreme Court ruling, while a bill that would cement those protections in Illinois law awaits Gov. JB ...
Jun 28, 2024 Rep. Dagmara Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, speaks on the House floor during the 2024 spring legislative session. Avelar sponsored a bill that would codify protections for emergency abortions into state law in response to a Supreme Court case casting doubt on federal protections for the procedure. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria woman sentenced for March 2023 stabbing death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has learned her fate after pleading guilty to the stabbing death of her boyfriend last year. Heaven Kruzan was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday. She could have f...
Jun 28, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Mail-In ballot tracker coming to Tazewell County ahead of November election
PEKIN, Ill. - A new vote-by-mail service will give Tazewell County voters the ability to track their vote once it's mailed in. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the county has contracted with K...
Jun 28, 2024 joaquincorbalan / Depositphotos.com
Mission of Mercy offering free dental care at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Mission of Mercy is providing a free dental clinic Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Organizers of the event say the goal is to provide dental care for people...
Jun 28, 2024 Mission of Mercy dental volunteers with a young patient. The free dental clinic will be set up Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. (Illinois State Dental Society Foundation)
Peoria mayor looks ahead in annual State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. - For Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, the best is yet to come for the city. The sentiment was the theme of her annual State of the City address Thursday night, held at Haven on the Farm in the nor...
Jun 27, 2024 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali gives the State of the City address on June 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Liquor license for proposed new Highly Flavored location delayed by Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of Highly Flavored will have to wait another couple weeks before learning whether he can serve alcohol at the restaurant's proposed new location in downtown Peoria. Highly Fla...
Jun 27, 2024 Twin Towers Mall. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
