Category Archives: Local News
Peoria High School promotes from within for new football coach
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria High School football team did not have to look far to find its new head coach. Aaron Montgomery was appointed on Monday to lead the Lions. Montgomery is a 2004 graduate of Pe...
Jan 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Though Tazewell County hasn't seen much snow so far, highway crews are ready
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill - Though much of Peoria County woke up to snow Tuesday morning, Tazewell County for the most part has had mostly liquid precipitation in the first snowstorm of the year. Engineer ...
Jan 09, 2024 (Tazewell County)
Peoria County snow plows continue clearing roads during fresh snowfall Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The work continues into Tuesday for Peoria County snow plow crews as the first winter storm of the season impacts central Illinois. County Engineer Amy McLaren says crews were out Monda...
Jan 09, 2024 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin Council welcomes new member
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin City Council welcomed its newest member Monday night. Chris Onken, a gym teacher and coach at Pekin High School, takes over the seat vacated by Becky Cloyd in November. Onken was s...
Jan 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Public Works says main streets drivable while residential street clearing is underway
UPDATED 4:52 P.M. The clearing of residential streets in Peoria is underway. Peoria Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon says a break in snowfall Tuesday afternoon allowed crews to start plowing an...
Jan 09, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Peoria metro area expected to receive six inches of snow through Wednesday morning. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The first winter storm of the season will come to central Illinois Monday night, and it may not be the only system this week. 25 News First Alert Meteorologist Chuck Collins tells WMBD'...
Jan 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Local gas prices still falling in the new year, below $3 a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to fall in the Peoria area. Gasbuddy says the average price at the pump dropped 8.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.95 a gallon on Monday. Prices in Pe...
Jan 08, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Sheriffs Department investigating West Peoria shooting
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - One person was hurt after a shooting and fight outside a West Peoria bar early Sunday morning. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says it happened around 1:15 a.m. near KG's Bar...
Jan 07, 2024 Midwest Communications
Fire damages home in Lewistown
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A home in nearby Fulton County got extensive damage after fire broke out Saturday morning. Crews were called to the home near the intersection of Avenue G and Madison Streets in Lewi...
Jan 07, 2024 liz west / CC
COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses on the rise in Central Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state is seeing high levels of respiratory illnesses in the new year, with flu season already underway. The IDPH says Tazewell and Peo...
Jan 06, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
