Category Archives: Local News
State Fire Marshal's Office promotes fireworks safety over the holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office is urging the public to leave fireworks to the professionals this 4th of July weekend. Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz says fireworks ...
Julia Bradley Jul 01, 2022 poppet with a camera / CC
Police arrest man for mid-June armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've caught the man they believe is responsible for an armed robbery more than two weeks ago. Police say Valen Williams, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon and fac...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Teen gets 50 years for 2020 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager could spend as much as 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a charge of murder. Peoria County Court records indicate Tashon Stewart, 18, was handed tha...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Trials for parents of dead eight-year-old boy delayed until at least January
PEORIA, Ill. - The case of the parents charged with the murder of their eight-year-old son will not go to trial this year. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate following a conference to Thursd...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
'Art & Disruption' part of new Peoria Riverfront Museum exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - The newest exhibit to hit the galleries at the Peoria Riverfront Museum opens on Saturday. It's called "American Revolutionaries: Art and Disruption" -- 166 different pieces of art that...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
"Jaws of Life" used in Route 6 crash
UPDATED 2:53 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say four people were injured when a car rolled over late Thursday morning. Fire crews responded to the southbound lanes of Route 6 near War Memoria...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (25 News)
U of I College of Medicine offers expanded clinical services for LGBTQ+
PEORIA, Ill. - The University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria is expanding its health care services to the LGBTQ+ community. Prior to now, the college, through its "Positive Health Solutions...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police arrest man for early June shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested the man responsible for a shooting that happened towards the beginning of the month. Police say Joseph Pate, 38, was arrested Thursday, and faces char...
Will Stevenson Jun 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker touts Illinois' new Family Tax Relief Plan
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The state's Illinois Family Relief Plan begins Friday, July 1. The plan lifts the 1% state sales tax on groceries for one year and delays an increase in the state gas tax, according t...
Julia Bradley Jun 30, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Crash displaces residents on N. University
PEORIA, Ill. -- Some residents were displaced Thursday morning after a vehicle hit their home on N. University, near W. Mac Queen. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said crews arrived just after 7:30 a...
Julia Bradley Jun 30, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy