Category Archives: Local News
Man pleads guilty to making bomb threats to Pere Marquette. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of making three separate bomb threats to the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria - one of them while parents and children were staying there for a music education co...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested in Indiana for February murder in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the two men accused in a fatal shooting from February in Peoria has been arrested in a neighboring state. Peoria Police says 21-year-old Donte T. Agnew was arrested November 9th ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Bradley University president says school is still strong, in the wake of proposed program cuts and planned protest
PEORIA, Ill. - The president of Bradley University says, in the wake of proposed program and faculty cuts, the university is still in a strong position. Last week, Stephen Standifird in an email to st...
Nov 13, 2023 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Kitchen Cooked chips return to original flavor
HANOVER, Pa. - A beloved brand of potato chip, even though it's no longer made in Central Illinois, may start to taste familiar again. Utz Quality Foods - the owner of Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips - an...
Nov 13, 2023 Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips (Utz Quality Foods)
UPDATE: Pekin City Council member makes shocking announcement
UPDATE: 6:32 p.m. PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Becky Cloyd, a former mayoral candidate, took to Facebook Monday to announce she is resigning as a Pekin city council member. Cloyd believes she was silenced ...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Becky Cloyd via Facebook)
Local gas prices continue to drop ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.41 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of Peoria gas stations. Peoria's pric...
Nov 13, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Morton band places second in their division at Grand Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - A big and award-winning season for the Morton High School Marching Band has ended with what the band calls its "highest ranking ever" at a national competition. Band officials say...
Nov 12, 2023 Morton drum majors receive the award for 2nd-place in Class 2A (Left to Right: Nathan Manthey, Rachel Clauson, Taylor Rice and Drew Feit). (Photo courtesy Paul Friend)
Bradley University suspends women's basketball coach. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There are more questions than answers after Bradley University announced Saturday night it was suspending its head women's basketball coach. The university said Kate Popovec-Goss was be...
Nov 12, 2023 (25 News)
Morton High School Marching Band advances at grand nationals in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Morton High School Marching Band will play on at the national championships. The band learned Friday night that they were one of 33 in four classifications to advance to the s...
Nov 11, 2023 (Paul Friend/Morton High School Marching Band)
UPDATE: Peoria honors veterans with parade and ceremony Saturday morning
UPDATED 12:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A parade during a crisp and cool fall morning in downtown Peoria honored all of those who have served their country. The city's annual Veteran's Day Parade was held S...
Nov 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
