Category Archives: Local News
Man sentenced to prison for fatal shooting on 4th of July three years ago
PEORIA, Ill. - A man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for a 4th of July murder three years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 21-year-old Eric Jackso...
May 23, 2024 Eric Jackson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Traffic affected by construction projects in Peoria-area after Memorial Day holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Two major road construction projects are expected to impact traffic next week after the Memorial Day holiday. IDOT announced that overnight full closures of I-474 at Airport Road will s...
May 23, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
CEFCU settles with Department of Justice after alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations
PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The credit union was accused in a complaint that it refuse...
May 23, 2024 (25 News)
"Super" window washers visit OSF Children's Hospital to put smiles on patients
PEORIA, Ill. - Superheroes scaled the walls of OSF Children's Hospital on Thursday to put smiles on the faces of patients. Two window washers from Clearly Windows in Bloomington did their job at the h...
May 23, 2024 Window washers dressed as the Green Lantern and Batman clean windows at OSF Children's Hospital on May 23rd, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Advocates underscore need for statewide reentry programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois legislators this week approved a bill to restructure an oversight board in charge of distributing state money to courts that provide prison alterna...
May 23, 2024 Antonio Lightfoot, deputy director at the nonprofit Workers Center for Racial Justice, speaks at a news conference in the Illinois State Capitol. Advocates wore orange jumpsuits to symbolize the restrictions placed on people who return to society from prison. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
17-year-old arrested on gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested on gun charges on Tuesday night in Peoria. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers tried to stop a vehicle near Sheridan Road and Bartlett Court around 9:1...
May 23, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Kitchen fire displaces Peoria couple from their home
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria home was heavily damaged by a kitchen fire Wednesday evening, displacing a couple who lived there. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says a dog was rescued from the base...
May 23, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man accused of being in possession of pipe bombs in Pekin ordered to remain in jail
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County judge has ordered a man alleged to have had pipe bombs to remain in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 34-year-old Dalton Mattus will be back in court June 20th afte...
May 22, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Music festival returns to Chillicothe this weekend under a new name
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Memorial Day weekend tradition outside of Chillicothe returns this year, but with a new name and look. The formerly known Summer Camp is now Solshine Reverie, running Thursday th...
May 22, 2024 (Summer Camp/Solshine Reverie)
Woman injured after Wednesday morning stabbing in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in South Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police found an adult female with apparent stab wounds in the area of Sta...
May 22, 2024 (Midwest Communication)
