Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County jury awards girl $2 million for negligent procedure when she was a baby
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has awarded $2 million for a 13-year-old girl after it found a pediatric surgeon at OSF Children's Hospital negligent. In a statement Monday from Romanucci and Blan...
May 06, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenager pleads guilty for role in Bartonville shooting incident in February
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old had pleaded guilty for his role in a February shooting in Bartonville that injured two teenagers. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Donald Grant pleaded gui...
May 06, 2024 courtroom gavel
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce head stepping down
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce will be looking for a new leader. The chamber announced Monday that President and CEO Joshua Gunn will be stepping down from the role on May 31st. He...
May 06, 2024 Joshua Gunn speaking at event to speak of results from The Big Table/T.J. Carson 1470 and 100.3 WMBD
Dunlap High School student killed in crash Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A Dunlap High School Senior was killed in a crash late Saturday night in Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 18-year-old Nevaeh Mitchell, of Princeville, was northbound on ...
May 06, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria gas prices up slightly. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up three cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.76 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are just o...
May 06, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Peoria homicide victim identified
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - The victim of a fatal shooting in Peoria's West Bluff has been identified. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says Thomas Antoine, 30, of Main Street in Peoria was found by off...
May 05, 2024
Center For Prevention of Abuse hosting two-day conference on childhood trauma
PEORIA, Ill. - In April, Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse promoted Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness month. Later this week, they're hosting a two-day conference on childhood ...
May 05, 2024
South Peoria fire destroys home
PEORIA, Ill. - A South Peoria residence is determined to be uninhabitable after a fire. Peoria firefighters were dispatched to near Warren and Ann streets at 5:08 p.m. Saturday on a report of a struct...
May 05, 2024 D4E / CC
Peoria Rivermen and fans come together to celebrate team's 2024 President's Cup championship
PEORIA, Ill. - Players and fans of the Peoria Rivermen came together to celebrate the team's second Southern Professional Hockey League title in three years. The Rivermen won the President's Cup on Su...
May 03, 2024 Members of the Peoria Rivermen ride a fire truck on Jefferson St. during the parade for the 2023-24 SPHL President's Cup champions. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Democrats flex muscle to kick off final month of session as revenues remain on track
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With about three weeks to go before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn its spring legislative session, supermajority Democrats showed the...
May 03, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and Illinois Manufacturers’ Association business day in Springfield on Wednesday, May 1. At another event this week, he said “I feel pretty good about where we are” when asked about the state’s April revenue performance. (Capitol News Illinois phot by Jerry Nowicki)
