Category Archives: Local News
Pekin Council welcomes new member
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin City Council welcomed its newest member Monday night. Chris Onken, a gym teacher and coach at Pekin High School, takes over the seat vacated by Becky Cloyd in November. Onken was s...
Jan 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Public Works says main streets drivable while residential street clearing is underway
UPDATED 4:52 P.M. The clearing of residential streets in Peoria is underway. Peoria Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon says a break in snowfall Tuesday afternoon allowed crews to start plowing an...
Jan 09, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Peoria metro area expected to receive six inches of snow through Wednesday morning. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The first winter storm of the season will come to central Illinois Monday night, and it may not be the only system this week. 25 News First Alert Meteorologist Chuck Collins tells WMBD'...
Jan 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Local gas prices still falling in the new year, below $3 a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to fall in the Peoria area. Gasbuddy says the average price at the pump dropped 8.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.95 a gallon on Monday. Prices in Pe...
Jan 08, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Sheriffs Department investigating West Peoria shooting
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - One person was hurt after a shooting and fight outside a West Peoria bar early Sunday morning. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says it happened around 1:15 a.m. near KG's Bar...
Jan 07, 2024 Midwest Communications
Fire damages home in Lewistown
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A home in nearby Fulton County got extensive damage after fire broke out Saturday morning. Crews were called to the home near the intersection of Avenue G and Madison Streets in Lewi...
Jan 07, 2024 liz west / CC
COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses on the rise in Central Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state is seeing high levels of respiratory illnesses in the new year, with flu season already underway. The IDPH says Tazewell and Peo...
Jan 06, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria man sentenced for possessing weapon as a felon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend nearly five years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Jamarcus Hollingsworth, 30, received a sentence of 57 months in prison on Friday, followed by th...
Jan 06, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid record overdoses and drug counselor shortage, workforce expansion program aims to fill gap
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Amid five straight years of record overdose deaths in Illinois, a new state program aims to alleviate a shortage of professionals who work to prevent substa...
Jan 05, 2024 Chicago’s Federal Plaza is pictured during the End Overdose Now rally in downtown on August 28, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Community leaders in Peoria to be presented research on school violence and how to prevent it
PEORIA, Ill. - Research and insight into why school shootings and violence occur will be presented to leaders in Peoria next week. City leaders, local law enforcement, and Peoria Public Schools offici...
Jan 05, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
