Category Archives: Local News
Water heater explodes, causes fire at Trivoli home. Here's what we know
TRIVOLI, Ill. - An exploding water heater is to blame for a fire that caused extensive damage to a local home. Officials say the fire was first reported fire prior to 4:30 P.M. Tuesday on West Todd Sc...
Nov 14, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Attorney General's office has contacted WTVP regarding finances
UPDATED 7:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Attorney General's Office may be investigating Peoria public television station WTVP over the alleged misspending of funds. That was learned during a spec...
Nov 14, 2023 (25 News)
Coroner: Autopsy so far 'inconclusive' on missing man found Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - An autopsy on the remains of a man found yesterday after being reported missing in June was inconclusive. That's according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, regarding Logan Dunne,...
Nov 14, 2023 (25 News)
Grand jury indicts man wanted for attempted murder of Big Al's security guard
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has filed charges against a Peoria man who allegedly shot and injured a security guard at Big Al's downtown almost a month ago. The grand jury Tuesday indicte...
Nov 14, 2023 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
Teachers union: PPS superintendent 'disparaged' teacher, yelled at union official
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Federation of Teachers is once again at odds with the Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools - and once again it has to do with a familiar problem. The union claims Sharon D...
Nov 14, 2023 Members of the Peoria Federation of Teachers march in the Labor Day Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Newest group of apprentices in ICC program sign on the dotted line
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College president Sheila Quirk-Bailey says she can't say enough good things about how much the college's Apprenticeship programs have grown in just a relatively short p...
Nov 14, 2023 Students of Illinois Central College sign apprenticeship agreements as part of "National Apprenticeship Week," involving employers like Caterpillar, Alcast, and Liberty Steel. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University students, faculty rally in opposition to proposed cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Students, staff, and supporters made their voices heard Tuesday on the campus of Bradley University as they spoke in opposition to proposed cuts. Last week, President Stephen Standifird...
Nov 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing for those and more than 100 other industries...
Nov 14, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Manual High School hit after shots fired in the area Tuesday morning
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Manual High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after shots fired in the area hit the building. Peoria Police says a vehicle was also struck after a t...
Nov 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
Feeling blue? Abraham Lincoln did, too. New version of Peoria's Lincoln mural helps tell that story
PEORIA, Ill. - The mural of Abraham Lincoln on the back of the Peoria County Courthouse got a once-over - and it's not necessarily one anyone thought was needed at first. "Abraham Blue" now hangs wher...
Nov 13, 2023 (Doug Leunig, founder, Big Picture Peoria, discusses his work on the new version of the "Abraham Blue" mural. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
