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LaHood endorses Donald Trump for president
PEORIA, Ill. - Republican Congressman Darrin LaHood, who now represents Illinois' 16th District, officially announced on Saturday that he has endorsed Donald Trump in the Republican primary for Presid...
Jan 13, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Snowfighters dealing with blowing and drifting snow following Friday's snowstorm
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Snowfighters spent most of the overnight plowing and treating the residential streets before returning to the main routes. Peoria Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon says blo...
Jan 13, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Man pleads not guilty to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Georgia man accused of shooting and killing a Peoria teen at a house party in Bloomington is pleading not guilty. Tomiyale Anderson, 20, has made that plea in McLean County Cir...
Jan 12, 2024 Tomiyale Anderson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/McLean County Jail)
Blizzard strikes US Midwest, cancelling flights and disrupting presidential campaign
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions as snowstorms moved across the Northwest and Midwest, flooding threatened the East Coa...
Jan 12, 2024 Workers remove snow from the sidewalk after a blizzard left several inches of snow in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S., January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Illinois proposal calls for expanding vote-by-mail
URBANA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 election season draws near, voters in Illinois will once again choose whether they want to cast their ballots in person or by mail. But one lawmaker ...
Jan 12, 2024 Democratic state Reps. Maurice West, of Rockford, and Carol Ammons, of Urbana, discuss Ammons’ proposal to expand voting by mail in Illinois during a meeting Wednesday of the House Ethics and Elections Committee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
UPDATE: Bitter and dangerous cold temperatures through Tuesday for central Illinois
UPDATED 6 A.M. 1/13 LINCOLN, Ill. Dangerous wind chills will cover central Illinois for the next several days. Beginning Saturday night, where the National Weather Service Central Illinois office in L...
Jan 12, 2024 (National Weather Service)
A mix of rain and snow Friday, followed by frigid temperatures this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - We'll see a virtual potpourri of winter weather heading into the weekend. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says rain will move in and continue into early Friday aft...
Jan 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Firefighters battle house fire in snowy conditions overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews were called early Friday morning to the area of N. Lehman Road and W. Nebraska for a house fire, finding heavy smoke and flames in the basement and the second floor. Peoria...
Jan 12, 2024 Midwest Communications
As another round of winter weather hits, Peoria Snowfighters are out on the streets
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Snowfighters are working to clear the streets as another winter storm rolls through central Illinois. Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon says crews will continue around-t...
Jan 12, 2024 Peoria Snowfighters out plowing the streets in North Peoria early on Friday, January 12, 2024 --1470 100.3 WMBD
Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign entering home stretch
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign is nearing its end. The campaign started on November 1st with a goal of raising $2.2 million by the end of January. Campaign Chair Je...
Jan 11, 2024 (Salvation Army)
