Category Archives: Local News
Man convicted of murder for Peoria 2018 shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who was already imprisoned at the time of his arrest has been convicted of murder. Peoria County Court records indicate Lionell Harris, 31, was found guilty Friday night by...
Oct 30, 2023 Lionell Harris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail April 2022)
Soderstrom Castle's ready to entertain with "Addams Family" Halloween
PEORIA, Ill. - If you love the "Addams Family", Soderstrom Castle on Grandview Drive is the place to be on Halloween night in Peoria Heights. An impressive sound and light show began at the Castle ove...
Oct 30, 2023 Soderstrom Castle on Grandview Drive lit up for Halloween. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
UPDATE: Illinois man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy
UPDATED 2:47 P.M. (Reuters) - An Illinois man charged with murder and hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother pleaded not guilty before a judge on Monday at a...
Oct 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who according to police was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother for their religion and as a response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, poses in an undated family photograph obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023. CAIR/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria area gas prices drop again this week
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.44 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices...
Oct 30, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria Fire responds to chimney fire in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at a two-story home in Peoria's East Bluff was contained to the chimney. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Seneca and Maryland just after 10:45 P.M., and found heav...
Oct 29, 2023 D4E / CC
'Death investigation' after male found down in road following reported shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are so far only calling it a "death investigation" after a man was found down in a roadway early Saturday morning, after officers were sent to the area for a reported shoo...
Oct 28, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: UAW, Stellantis reach tentative deal to end strike, Illinois plant may reopen -sources
UPDATED 12:07 P.M. (Reuters) -United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement with Stellantis on Saturday, a deal that is pending approval from the union's top leaders and includes reopening the aut...
Oct 28, 2023 File photo: A general view of Stellantis' Belvidere Assembly Plant, in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Bianca Flowers/File photo
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday, with special drop-off locations throughout the area. Here's where
PEORIA, Ill. - There are ways you can do it all year, but Saturday, authorities are making an annual special effort to make sure what's in your medicine cabinet is safe. Saturday is "National Prescrip...
Oct 28, 2023 Eric Hunsaker / CC
Teen shot in leg Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a teen is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting Friday night. Police say the 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg after 6:00 P.M. on West Ann...
Oct 28, 2023 Midwest Communications
NCAA eliminates path to postseason that Bradley Braves used in 2022-23 season. Here's what we know
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The 2022-23 Bradley Braves' men's basketball campaign was rewarded with an automatic bid to the National Invitational Tournament, based on the regular season Missouri Valley Confe...
Oct 27, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
