Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages Peoria Heights house early Friday morning
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Fireworks in a garbage can are being blamed for a house fire in Peoria Heights early Friday morning. Peoria Heights Fire responded to Wilson and Illinois just after 12:45 A.M. o...
Jul 5, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man falls onto rooftop after escaping through window at OSF Healthcare Saint Francis
PEORIA, Ill. - A patient at OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center went out of a window yesterday Thursday morning. In a statement from the hospital, the hospitalized man forced his way out of a ...
Jul 5, 2024 (OSF HealthCare)
Illinois switching to ACT exams for state assessments
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - When Illinois high school students sit down to take their annual state assessments next year, they will take a different exam than in recent years. The Illinois S...
Jul 5, 2024 Caption: (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Thousands enjoy Choose Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom presented by i3 Broadband
PEORIA, Ill. - It turns out Mother Nature is a fan of Choose Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom presented by i3 Broadband. A rainy start to the Fourth of July holiday in Central Illinois made way to p...
Jul 4, 2024 Photo: T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pekin reveals contents of time capsule from America's bicentennial
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin, literally, dug up its past this week. The city has recovered a time capsule buried in the ground from 1976, America's bicentennial. The unveiling of the capsule's cont...
Jul 4, 2024 Tables display items that were contained in a time capsule from 1976 in Pekin. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Numerous juveniles arrested after vehicles stolen from Peoria and Brimfield found in Kewanee
KEWANEE, Ill. - Vehicles stolen from Peoria and Brimfield were found Thursday morning by police in Kewanee. Kewanee Police say their Flock Camera System detected the stolen vehicle from Peoria enterin...
Jul 4, 2024
Convicted felon sentenced again on gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to 55 months in prison, along with three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. 39-year-old Alan Collins was previousl...
Jul 4, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PCAPS says leave your pets at home on the 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. - Animal shelters see the highest intake of pets each year around the 4th of July. Peoria County Animal Protection Services' Becky Spencer says leaving your pets at home on the 4th is alw...
Jul 4, 2024 damedeeso / Depositphotos.com
Felony charges against two people after their pit bulls allegedly attacked couple in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Felony charges have been filed against two people after their pit bulls allegedly injured a couple near Bradley University. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says an arrest wa...
Jul 3, 2024 courtroom gavel
East Peoria Police preparing for Red, White, and BOOM on riverfront
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - More than 200,000 people are expected to fill the Peoria and East Peoria riverfronts for Thursday night's Choose Greater Peoria Red, White, and BOOM. East Peoria Police Chief David...
Jul 3, 2024 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
