Category Archives: Local News
Peoria-based effort to donate emergency vehicles to Ukraine nears two-year anniversary
PEORIA, Ill. - As the war in Ukraine will soon move into its third year of conflict, so does an effort in Peoria to help support Ukrainians on the front lines against Russian forces. US Ambulances for...
Feb 20, 2024 A former AMT ambulance is delivered to Ukraine in 2022. (File-OSF HealthCare)
Three juveniles arrested for various incidents following Monday robbery attempt
PEORIA, Ill. - Three juveniles are in custody after Peoria Police arrested them for an alleged robbery Monday, and pinned two of them to charges in other cases. Peoria Police say it started around noo...
Feb 20, 2024 (File-25 News)
Peoria man's conviction for 2022 shooting thrown out by appellate court. Read the ruling here
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois appellate court has thrown out a Peoria man's conviction related to a 2022 shooting. The Fourth District Appellate Court ruled last week that now-31-year-old Kevin Boyc...
Feb 20, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Department of Corrections)
Family of late Peoria Police Officer donates his union badge
PEORIA, Ill. - A family is honoring their fallen loved one - a retired Police Officer - by remembering what he devoted his career to doing.. "We would like to thank Officer Robert W. Molleck for servi...
Feb 19, 2024 (Peoria Police via Facebook)
Infrastructure topics focus of roundtable discussion with government leaders in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Government leaders gathered in Peoria for a roundtable discussion Monday related to infrastructure. One of the main topics of the discussion featured how to fill engineering jobs in the...
Feb 19, 2024 Local leaders discuss infrastructure topics during a roundtable at the Peoria Art Guild. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Firefighter accused of DUI, was also accused of DUI while driving Bartonville fire truck
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Firefighter who allegedly got into trouble for drunk driving with another department several years ago is now in trouble for allegedly doing it again. Peoria County Jail record...
Feb 19, 2024 Caden Davis (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker to mull tightening fiscal landscape in budget address this week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker will give his sixth state budget address this week, laying out his plan for a fiscal year that government forecasters in November predicted...
Feb 19, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured during a previous State of the State address in the Illinois House chamber. He’ll give his 2024 address – his sixth as governor – on Wednesday, Feb. 21. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Riverfront Museum's new exhibit focused on invention
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum that's all about inventions and patents. "The Fire of Genius...Presidents and Patents" exhibit opens Tuesday, February 20 and runs ...
Feb 19, 2024 Rich and Becky Beam are the owners of a collection of patents signed by U.S. presidents on display the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
N. Peoria Arby's hit a second time. Here's what we know
NORTH PEORIA, Ill. - What are the chances of a restaurant being struck twice? Apparently pretty good...at least in Peoria. A driver crashed into the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria on Sunday afte...
Feb 19, 2024 A vehicle crashed into the entrance of the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Peoria area gas prices still on the rise. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 17 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 33.7...
Feb 19, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
