Category Archives: Local News
Man charged with Hate Crime for allegedly striking pedestrian with car
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing several charges, including a Hate Crime, after allegedly hitting a pedestrian with his car earlier in the week. Peoria Police say it happened August 22 on Northea...
Sep 07, 2022 (1470 $ 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man charged with assaulting woman in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe man has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury on charges accusing him of assaulting a woman believed to be his wife. Court records indicate Chad Keedy, 48, is being ...
Sep 07, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
CEFCU makes big donation to "Young Minds Project"
PEORIA, Ill. - The UnityPoint Health "Young Minds Project" is coming closer to becoming reality, thanks in part to a big donation from a local financial institution. CEFCU Wednesday donated $500,000 t...
Sep 07, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Collective bargaining talks for Peoria teachers could stretch 'into the night' - source
PEORIA, Ill. -- Today marks another key round of collective bargaining for representatives with the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780 and the Peoria Public School District 150 administrators. To...
Sep 07, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers)
Local riders prepare for 16th St. Jude Ride to Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- Roughly 200 motorcycles will head south to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thursday morning, many of them from the Peoria area. St. Jude Rides was started in Peoria 16 years ago ...
Sep 07, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
East Peoria gives update on Bob Michel Bridge project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The massive rehabilitation of the Bob Michel Bridge won't cost local taxpayers a massive amount, but we have a better idea following action at the East Peoria City Council meeting...
Sep 07, 2022 (25 News)
Second victim of Lasalle Co. explosion identified
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The Winnebago County Coroner has identified a second victim of a home explosion Saturday in LaSalle County. Coroner Richard Ploch says 57-year-old Michele Waters died Saturday aftern...
Sep 07, 2022
PPS: No changes in music programs; union wants that in writing
PEORIA, Ill. - Another point of contention for the Peoria Federation of Teachers when another round of contract talks with them, the district, and a federal mediator takes place Wednesday may be the d...
Sep 06, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker notes growth in Illinois electric vehicle manufacturing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State taxpayers are on the hook for $23 million in electric vehicle manufacturing incentives that will help grow the sector in Illinois. On Tuesday, Democratic Governor J.B. Pritz...
Sep 06, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Autopsy on Peoria homicide victim confirms death by gunshots
PEORIA, Ill. - An autopsy on Peoria's 17th homicide victim of the year confirms the victim died of multiple gunshot wounds. Coroner Jamie Harwood released that information Tuesday in the case involvin...
Sep 06, 2022 (25 News)
