Category Archives: Local News
Police increasing presence to keep people safe on the roads during New Year's celebrations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Police will step up patrols to try and keep the roads safe to start the new year. The increased presence during New Year's celebrations will focus on drunk driving, distracted driv...
Dec 31, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mother of Peorian shot and killed in Bloomington speaks now that suspect has been arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of a Peoria Richwoods High School student shot and killed in Bloomington in April of last year is relieved to know that the man accused of murder has been arrested, but also ...
Dec 30, 2023 Artwork of Kanye Stowers (Tomeka Love via 25 News)
Data: Slight job losses in Peoria, unemployment increases again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria area was one of few areas in the state to actually post a job decline in November compared to a year ago, but the decline was slight. According to federal statistics thr...
Dec 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Arrest made in connection to fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle accident in Peoria from October
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in relation to a fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle accident at a shooting scene in October. Peoria Police say Demetrius Drummond, 35, was arrested after pulling into ...
Dec 29, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fraudulent credit card readers found at West Peoria business. Here's what we know
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Fraudulent credit card readers have been found at a West Peoria business. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports deputies were called Thursday to Haddad's Grocery Store after t...
Dec 29, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Police plans to upgrade radios, and encrypt scanner traffic. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - It may soon become harder for you - and us - to follow along with Peoria Police activity. More than three-million dollars has been set aside in the city budget for the police department...
Dec 29, 2023 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Farewell, Randy Rundle
PEORIA, Ill. - Many of us who have been in radio for some period of time remember how we got in to it - and, how people tried to talk us out of it. For Randy Rundle at our station Mix 106.9, it was th...
Dec 29, 2023 Randy Rundle, in white, laughs with guests Friday morning on his last day before retirement from Mix 106.9. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
As dual credit participation grows in Illinois, study shows gaps widening
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the cost of higher education continues to rise in Illinois and elsewhere, a growing number of students are working to earn as many college credits as pos...
Dec 28, 2023 (CREDIT: McElspeth/Pixabay.com)
Three teens injured in late-night Peoria shooting, suspect wanted
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers were injured Wednesday night when at least five shots were fired in South Peoria. It took place on South Arago around 11:15 p.m. Peoria Police say two 15-year-old males ...
Dec 28, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Peoria man sentenced to 80 years in prison for 2018 murder, hours after being charged in 2019 murder
UPDATED 5:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man learned his fate on Thursday for a murder in 2018, hours after he was charged for a murder in 2019. Lionell Harris, 31, received an 80-year sentence to th...
Dec 28, 2023 Lionell Harris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail April 2022)
