Category Archives: Local News
Mapleton man who died in Peoria County crash identified
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says a Mapleton man likely died instantly after a crash earlier this week. Jamie Harwood says an autopsy reveals 31-year-old Kyle Jepson suffered multip...
Aug 14, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria City Council passes again on deciding to allow backyard chickens
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council has again held off on a decision regarding allowing backyard chickens in the city. The council tabled the issue at Tuesday night's meeting, with 5th District Cou...
Aug 13, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Resource center for women entreprenuers opens in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Women looking to get help with starting a new business, or their current one, can now receive it in downtown Peoria. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the opening of the Wo...
Aug 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mapleton man dies in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - One person died after an apparent single vehicle crash in Peoria County. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office responded just before 11:30 A.M. Tuesday to Smithville Road near Large...
Aug 13, 2024
UPDATE: Man charged with First Degree Murder after Peoria shooting Sunday night
UPDATED 4:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office has filed First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder charges against a man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend. Pr...
Aug 13, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington man arrested on aggravated battery charge
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Washington man has been arrested during an investigation into an aggravated battery incident. Washington Police say 33-year-old Kyle Peterson was arrested after a search warrant w...
Aug 13, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Chillicothe couple suffered blunt force trauma in fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Autopsy results for a Chillicothe couple who died over the weekend after their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck are consistent with injuries suffered in the crash. Peoria County ...
Aug 13, 2024 (Peoria County Coroner)
One dead after double shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is dead after a double shooting Sunday night. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says one of the two victims that were shot, 35-year-old Zaneta Winters, was pronounced b...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
PPS Board denies succession committee motion
PEORIA, Ill. - After being tabled at the July Board of Education meeting, a motion to establish a succession committee for Peoria Public Schools was denied on a 4-2 vote Monday night. The motion recei...
Aug 13, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Native Liv Warfield to perform live on AGT
PEORIA, Ill. - After getting the golden buzzer from America's Got Talent Judge Simon Cowell in June, Peoria Native Liv Warfield has gone viral. In her initial audition for AGT, Warfield performed an o...
Aug 13, 2024 Peoria native Liv Warfield performs on NBC's America's Got Talent in June, receiving the Golden Buzzer.
(NBC.com)
