Category Archives: Local News
PPD: Three arrested on outstanding warrants, one ghost handgun seized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria police are announcing details on recent arrests linked to the discovery of at least one ghost gun, along with several other illegal firearms. PPD says officers with the Special ...
Cooper Banks Jul 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Warmer June also dry while July could start with storms
PEORIA, Ill. -- We enter the month of the July with Independence Day celebrations across Central Illinois and looking back at a very hot and pretty DRY month of June. "Despite the pleasant end to the ...
Cooper Banks Jul 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An electrical line technician works on restoring power after a tornado Vilonia, Arkansas April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Friday afternoon house fire electrical in nature
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a house fire Friday afternoon was electrical in nature. Crews were called to a home on Forest Hill Avenue, near California, around 3:20 p.m. Fire officials say t...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Wind projects on hold in Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - Any new wind power projects in Tazewell County are being held up for at least the next six months. 25 News reports the Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday night voted to imp...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 Graeme Maclean / CC
FamilyCore to discontinue some adoption services
PEORIA, Ill. - Another service that Peoria's FamilyCore has provided over the years is shutting down. FamilyCore CEO Ann Landing-Ferguson says after what was termed a thorough evaluation, the organiza...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 (FamilyCore via Facebook)
Former Manual basketball star becomes head coach
PEORIA, Ill. - A big name in the history of the Peoria Manual High School basketball program has ascended to the top coaching job. The Peoria Public School Board has approved Marvin Jordan to become h...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 Marvin Jordan (left) and Dr. Derrick Booth (Peoria Public Schools)
Top vote-getters expand leads in PPS Board District 2 election
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead for the top two vote-getters for two seats on the Peoria Public School Board has widened a little. With more vote by mail ballots counted Thursday, incumbent and school board p...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 Gregory Wilson, Paris McConnell, and Daniel Walther (Submitted Photos)
Gun store break-in nets federal prison time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to breaking in to a local gun shop will go to federal prison for most of the next five years. The U.S. Attorney's office says Corey B...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man gets federal prison sentence for series of robberies, jail escape
PEORIA, Ill. - A Mechanicsburg man who robbed several businesses, ending with one in Elmwood, will go to federal prison for the better part of 12 years for his crimes. The U.S. Attorney's office says ...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Park District Police offer boater safety tips for 4th of July weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria/East Peoria riverfront and Illinois River are expected to be full of boats this holiday weekend. Fon du Lac Park District Police Chief Mike Johnson said it's important ...
Julia Bradley Jul 01, 2022 Michael Gaylard / CC