Category Archives: Local News
OSF Healthcare offers tips on not getting sick from Thanksgiving meals. Here's what they say
PEORIA, Ill. - Families and friends will gather around the table for traditional Thanksgiving meals consisting of turkey, stuffing, vegetables, and more. A registered dietitian at OSF Healthcare says ...
Nov 23, 2023 Kimberly Vardeman / CC
Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle
(Capitol News Illinois) - Monday morning marks the official beginning of the 2024 election cycle in Illinois, opening up the week-long period when candidates for local, state, congressional and judici...
Nov 23, 2023 The Illinois State Board of Elections headquarters is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man indicted by grand jury for possessing machine gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is accused of having what a grand jury indictment says was an illegal machine gun, and of trying to flee from police. The grand jury is charging 19-year-old Jyquan Allen wi...
Nov 23, 2023 Jyquan Allen (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State high court skeptical municipal police and fire pension consolidation hurt retirees' voting rights
(Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case alleging the state's 2019 law that consolidated nearly 650 individual police and firefighter pension funds act...
Nov 23, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Fire causes damage at South Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters are still investigating what could have caused a fire at a South Peoria home Wednesday afternoon. The fire happened just after 3:00 p.m. near Antoinette and Laramie ...
Nov 23, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Driver trapped after collision with semi in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Details are coming out about a crash late Tuesday night in Peoria Heights that involved a semi and a trapped driver. It happened just before 11 p.m. on Prospect Road near the in...
Nov 22, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
COVID hospitalizations up in the area, says IDPH
CHICAGO, Ill. - State officials are sounding a cautionary alarm as they claim a few counties in Illinois, including in this area, are seeing an uptick of COVID-19 and respiratory virus cases. The CDC ...
Nov 22, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
More increases in local unemployment, and in jobs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria area saw another month of jobs going up, along with the number of jobless. The Illinois Department of Employment Security, based on federal data, says the Peoria-area un...
Nov 22, 2023 Midwest Communications
Police want public's help identifying suspect in recent shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have released surveillance photos of the person suspected of committing a shooting last Friday afternoon. Police say they have been unable to identify the suspect in the s...
Nov 22, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
Man indicted for fleeing traffic stops and striking PPD officer
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is accused of fleeing two traffic stops in two days, and in one of them, allegedly striking a Peoria Police officer. A Peoria County Grand Jury Tuesday indicted Omar Denova...
Nov 22, 2023 Omar Denova (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
