Category Archives: Local News
City of Peoria promotes numerous ways people can submit reports about potholes and more
PEORIA, Ill. - There's multiple ways a person in Peoria can report a pothole to the city. Communications Director Stacy Peterson tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" people can report a pothole by calling Peor...
Jan 03, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
No cash bail seen as factor in holding down Peoria County's jail population
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The jail population in Peoria is the lowest in years, and Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins thinks part of the reason is the new SAFE-T Act. On Sept. 18, when Illinois elimi...
Jan 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
USDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground beef produced in Illinois
COAL VALLEY, Ill. - Almost 6,800 pounds of uncooked beef patties and ground beef produced by an Illinois-based company has been recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of ...
Jan 03, 2024 lizzardo / CC
City of Pekin set to appoint high school teacher to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin will soon fill the lone vacancy on its city council with a teacher. Chris Onken, a P.E. teacher at Pekin Community High School, has been tabbed to replace Becky Cloyd. ...
Jan 02, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Byrider closes Peoria sales office, service still open -official
PEORIA, Ill. - A car dealership chain has closed its Peoria location, but it says customers still should make payments. A spokesperson with Indiana-based J.D. Byrider says the sales office on Pioneer ...
Jan 02, 2024 (Byrider)
Gas prices in Peoria area continue to fall into new year. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in central Illinois continue to fall as the calendar turns to 2024, and an average inching closer to under $3/gallon. GasBuddy's latest survey of stations in the Peoria area ...
Jan 02, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Man rescued overnight from woods near Mapleton
MAPLETON, Ill. - First responders were called to a wooded area of Lake Camelot early Tuesday morning after an intoxicated man called 9-1-1, saying he was in the woods and couldn't get out. Firefighter...
Jan 02, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: EV maker Rivian misses quarterly deliveries expectations, shares tank. Click here to read full Rivian statement
UPDATED 6:22 p.m. 1/3/24 (Reuters) -Rivian Automotive posted a sequential fall in fourth-quarter deliveries on Tuesday, and missed market estimates, as tough competition and high interest rates affect...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Food on the stove to blame for Peoria apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to Providence Pointe Apartments on Green Street in Peoria Monday night, finding smoke on the first floor and the sprinklers going off. The call came in around 1...
Jan 02, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria bomb squad helps investigate threat turned hoax at Galesburg store
GALESBURG, Ill. - Peoria Police's bomb squad helped a bomb threat in Galesburg result in an all-clear. Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle says the bomb threat was reported to one of the city's two Hy-Ve...
Jan 01, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
