Category Archives: Local News
Georgia man arrested in connection to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington in April 2022
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Richwoods High School in Bloomington in April of 2022. Bloomington Police say 20-year-old Tomiyale Anderson of Hampton, Georgia w...
Dec 28, 2023 (25 News)
Apartment at Lexington Hills damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters say they're still investigating the cause of a fire at a local apartment complex. It happened just before 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Lexington Hills Apartments. The fire...
Dec 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Concern grows after multiple drug overdoses in Peoria on Christmas Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials are once again sounding an alarm after first responders went to reports of overdoses in Peoria five times on Christmas Day. This, after there were four overdose deaths i...
Dec 28, 2023 Marco Verch / CC
Powerball jackpot goes up again, Mega Millions also increasing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The lottery jackpots are getting big again. The multi-state Powerball drawing rolled over one more time Wednesday night after no one matched all five numbers and the red Powerball ...
Dec 28, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
14-year-old accused in August shooting death of 17-year-old in Peoria's East Bluff to be tried as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of murdering another teenager in August in Peoria's East Bluff will be tried as an adult for First-Degree Murder. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a p...
Dec 27, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Unions look to state for solutions after year of higher ed labor action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes. Pay has been a ...
Dec 27, 2023 CSU STRIKE: Valerie Goss, the head of the faculty union at Chicago State University, and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery embrace at an April 3 rally on the campus of Chicago State University. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Body found outside Peoria home, coroner identifies victim
UPDATED 10:05 A.M. 12/28/23 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and now the Peoria County Coroner have released more information about a body found outside a Central Peoria home Wednesday morning. Peoria Pol...
Dec 27, 2023
Three arrested after Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Three men were arrested on weapons charges after an early Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the stop occurred just before 1:30 A.M. Mon...
Dec 27, 2023 From left to right; Tramerreon Blakes, Robert Lawson, Marcus King. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman accused of slashing car with machete Christmas Eve
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been arrested for the third time this month - in this instance, after she wielded what Peoria County Sheriffs Deputies called a machete at a South Peoria-area liquor ...
Dec 27, 2023 Andrea Hollins (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois minimum wage goes on January 1. Here's what some had to say about it
PEORIA, Ill. - Another new year, another minimum wage hike in Illinois. As part of legislation passed several years ago that ramps up the state's minimum wage from $8.25 an hour in 2019, the minimum w...
Dec 27, 2023 Paul Sableman / CC
