Category Archives: Local News
More than just 'many happy returns' at Northwoods Mall post-Christmas
PEORIA, Ill. - Holiday sales increased this year according to some experts, but not as much as it did last year. But the post-holiday shopping period might do well, at least if Northwoods Mall is any ...
Dec 27, 2023 (25 News)
One person arrested and another person injured after Christmas Eve crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Christmas Eve crash in Peoria injured one person and led to one arrest. 25 News reports the two vehicle crash happened in the intersection of University and Forrest Hill at around 4:4...
Dec 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prohibition on book bans, right to sue for 'deepfake porn' among new laws taking effect Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - More than 300 new laws will take effect Jan. 1, ranging from a ban on book bans to the regulation of "deepfake porn" and prohibitions on videoconferencing w...
Dec 26, 2023 More than 300 laws are slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, including new regulations on driving, a ban on ideological book bans, an expansion of paid leave and another annual increase to the state’s minimum wage. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams, photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Carle Health Greater Peoria to end Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO coverage
PEORIA, Ill. - Some area residents who use Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois' HMO plan are getting some changes at the start of the new year. According to a letter an HMO user sent to WMBD News last ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Carle Health)
Businesses glad Bob Michel Bridge construction is done
PEORIA, Ill. - Despite what you may have heard, the construction of the Bob Michel Bridge - expanding the bike and pedestrian paths - was only a month behind schedule. But for area businesses, the nin...
Dec 26, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Powerball jackpot rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Once again, no winner in the multi-state Powerball lottery drawing. No one matched all five numbers and the red Powerball number in the $660 million Christmas night drawing, though...
Dec 26, 2023 (Powerball)
Peoria-area gas price averages lower again in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area gas prices took another drop in the last week, even as analysts said their projections of a below-$3 per gallon national average by Christmas had to be scaled back. GasBuddy...
Dec 26, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
How to help those with stress, anxiety, and depression during the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. - If you feel a little more malaise this time of year, or if your heart starts to beat a bit faster, you're not alone. The American Psychological Association says 38 percent of people fee...
Dec 24, 2023 A scene of Christmas lights. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Autopsy completed on body found in Laura Bradley Park. Here's what we know
UPDATED 7:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has completed an autopsy on the body found Saturday morning at Laura Bradley Park. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Michael Shropshire, 35, Peoria,...
Dec 23, 2023 (25 News)
JOLT and Peoria County Coroner warn about new combination drug linked to recent overdose deaths
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders are speaking out about a recent string of overdose deaths in Peoria from a drug that's being sold as heroin. The drug is a polysubstance that is hard and gray and is a...
Dec 23, 2023 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
