Category Archives: Local News
CityLink bus crashes near downtown terminal
PEORIA, Ill. - Several people are said to be injured after a CityLink bus crashed in downtown Peoria late Thursday morning. Police and fire crews were called to Harrison and Jefferson Street near Big ...
Will Stevenson Jun 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Will Stevenson)
Ali touts "strong" economy in first State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. -- In her first State of the City address Wednesday night, Mayor Rita Ali said Peoria's fight on crime is showing progress and the city is "strong". It's been a year since Ali became the ...
Julia Bradley Jun 16, 2022 (25 News)
Storms overnight knock out power in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thunderstorms that rolled through the Peoria area around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, initially knocked out power for several thousand residents. As of 9:45 a.m.: Just over 194 Peoria County re...
Julia Bradley Jun 16, 2022 Bruce Guenter / CC
City Council to reconsider anti-gun violence funding request
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is going to give more consideration to an initiative they rejected two weeks ago. "Cure Violence" is a national entity that deals with identifying and solving gu...
Will Stevenson Jun 15, 2022 (From a June, 2022 handout to the Peoria City Council from "Cure Violence" initiative)
Police want help identifying armed robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police want your help identifying and finding a suspect in an armed robbery from Monday. Police responded to an unidentified business in the 3000 block of West Lincoln Avenue, no...
Will Stevenson Jun 15, 2022 (Surveillance photos via Peoria Police)
Lawmakers react to Caterpillar headquarters move
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local lawmakers are starting to react, a full 24 hours after Caterpillar announced it was moving its headquarters to the state of Texas -- five years after it announced the HQ was l...
Will Stevenson Jun 15, 2022 (Caterpillar)
Man arrested on weapons charge during special anti-violence detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the heatwave isn't stopping his officers from getting violent criminals off the streets. That's evidenced by the latest directed patrol under th...
Will Stevenson Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
PPD asks for the public's help in finding shooting suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 10 p.m. on Monday, May 30, to the area of N. Wisconsin and N. Maryland Avenues regarding a ShotSpotter alert with 3 rounds fired. Officers were adv...
Julia Bradley Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria Police)
Durbin speaks on Senate floor about Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Dick Durbin says it's no coincidence that the anniversary of the Watergate Hotel break-in happened 50 years ago this week, as public hearings continue on the January 6th, 20...
Will Stevenson Jun 14, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS to reinstate "zero" grades in some cases
PEORIA, Ill. - The grade structure is changing in Peoria Public Schools. "We feel like we have tweaked a few things. We didn't do a wholesale change. But, we adjusted some things that really seemed li...
Will Stevenson Jun 14, 2022 (From a Peoria Public Schools graphic)