Category Archives: Local News
Arrest made in connection to fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle accident in Peoria from October
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in relation to a fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle accident at a shooting scene in October. Peoria Police say Demetrius Drummond, 35, was arrested after pulling into ...
Dec 29, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fraudulent credit card readers found at West Peoria business. Here's what we know
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Fraudulent credit card readers have been found at a West Peoria business. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports deputies were called Thursday to Haddad's Grocery Store after t...
Dec 29, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Police plans to upgrade radios, and encrypt scanner traffic. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - It may soon become harder for you - and us - to follow along with Peoria Police activity. More than three-million dollars has been set aside in the city budget for the police department...
Dec 29, 2023 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Farewell, Randy Rundle
PEORIA, Ill. - Many of us who have been in radio for some period of time remember how we got in to it - and, how people tried to talk us out of it. For Randy Rundle at our station Mix 106.9, it was th...
Dec 29, 2023 Randy Rundle, in white, laughs with guests Friday morning on his last day before retirement from Mix 106.9. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
As dual credit participation grows in Illinois, study shows gaps widening
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the cost of higher education continues to rise in Illinois and elsewhere, a growing number of students are working to earn as many college credits as pos...
Dec 28, 2023 (CREDIT: McElspeth/Pixabay.com)
Three teens injured in late-night Peoria shooting, suspect wanted
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers were injured Wednesday night when at least five shots were fired in South Peoria. It took place on South Arago around 11:15 p.m. Peoria Police say two 15-year-old males ...
Dec 28, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Peoria man sentenced to 80 years in prison for 2018 murder, hours after being charged in 2019 murder
UPDATED 5:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man learned his fate on Thursday for a murder in 2018, hours after he was charged for a murder in 2019. Lionell Harris, 31, received an 80-year sentence to th...
Dec 28, 2023 Lionell Harris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail April 2022)
Georgia man arrested in connection to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington in April 2022
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Richwoods High School in Bloomington in April of 2022. Bloomington Police say 20-year-old Tomiyale Anderson of Hampton, Georgia w...
Dec 28, 2023 (25 News)
Apartment at Lexington Hills damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters say they're still investigating the cause of a fire at a local apartment complex. It happened just before 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Lexington Hills Apartments. The fire...
Dec 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Concern grows after multiple drug overdoses in Peoria on Christmas Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials are once again sounding an alarm after first responders went to reports of overdoses in Peoria five times on Christmas Day. This, after there were four overdose deaths i...
Dec 28, 2023 Marco Verch / CC
