Category Archives: Local News
Peoria prepares to welcome back the St. Jude runners
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a big weekend for St. Jude. The Memphis to Peoria St. Jude runners are making their way back home, and some of the longer satellite runs, from Chicago and St. Louis, are already h...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2022 (stjuderuns.org)
Peoria home catches fire a second time overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant home on W. Garden Street in Peoria went up in flames Thursday night for the second time in less than two weeks. Fire Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said crews were called to the ...
Julia Bradley Aug 05, 2022 liz west / CC
Judge finds man unfit to stand trial on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found unfit to stand trial after he allegedly killed his grandmother. A judge has ruled Cody Krause, 28, will spend the next year in a Department of Human Service ...
Will Stevenson Aug 04, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria County officials: monitoring for monkeypox, but no cases
PEORIA, Ill. - There may be health emergencies both in Illinois and the United States over an outbreak of monkeypox, but local health officials aren't sounding an alarm for now. Peoria City/County Hea...
Will Stevenson Aug 04, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty in 2021 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for the city's 22nd homicide last year, but not on the original charges he faced. Peoria County Court records indicate Orlando Alexander, 43, pleaded gui...
Will Stevenson Aug 04, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker touts Illinois back to school sales tax holiday, starting Aug. 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker took part of Thursday to encourage Illinois families to take advantage of an opportunity to purchase school supplies and a much lower sales tax rate. "Our p...
Cooper Banks Aug 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Fire damages East Peoria restaurant
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Fire has closed an East Peoria eatery, just prior to lunch time Thursday. East Peoria firefighters were called to "The Original Wonderdog" in Fondulac Plaza around 11:00 a.m. for w...
Will Stevenson Aug 04, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PCAPS offers tips to keep your pets cool in the heat
PEORIA, Ill. -- When you're hot, they're hot. Becky Spencer, with Peoria Animal Protective Services, says it's that simple. On hot summer days, leave pets at home where they'll stay cool. She says in ...
Julia Bradley Aug 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Major, one of the family dogs of U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, explores the South Lawn after on his arrival from Delaware at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 24, 2021. Picture taken January 24, 2021. Adam Schultz/White House/Handout via REUTERS.
Police: Shooting on E. Republic in Peoria was accidental, self-inflicted
UPDATED 12:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was shot in the thigh last (Wednesday) night in Peoria in a shooting that happened near Glen Oak Park. Peoria Police spokesperson Semone Roth says officer...
Julia Bradley Aug 04, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Peoria man jailed on animal cruelty charges
DUNLAP, Ill. - A Peoria man reportedly turned himself in to Peoria County Sheriffs Department officials after a video allegedly showed him assaulting an animal. Sheriff Chris Watkins says on social me...
Will Stevenson Aug 03, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)