Category Archives: Local News
Three teenagers arrested after multiple alleged hijacking and stolen vehicles in North Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Three juveniles were arrested after multiple vehicles were reportedly hijacked in North Peoria on Saturday morning. Peoria Police says officers received a call just after 8:15 A.M. of a...
Dec 07, 2025
2025 "Drive for Miracles" completed with money raised for OSF Children's Hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Another "Drive for Miracles" for the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois is in the books. This year's edition, hosted by "The Morning Drive with John and Nancy" on sister station 93.3 T...
Dec 06, 2025 (OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois)
ICC President preparing for impending retirement
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The tenure of Illinois Central College's president is nearing its conclusion. Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey is leaving the role at the end of the month. She steps away from a four decade...
Dec 06, 2025 Illinois Central College President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey announces three new programs to start in the fall of 2024, at a press conference on July 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire damages South Peoria home Friday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Four adults have been displaced after a fire at a South Peoria home Friday afternoon. Peoria Fire says crews arrived to find heavy smoke from the house at Antoinette and Laramie just af...
Dec 06, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Works preparing for weekend winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Department of Public Works is monitoring an approaching winter system forecasted to bring snow to the area this weekend. Nick McMillion, Communications Specialist for Peoria ...
Dec 05, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competence
Story Summary Students in Illinois, like their peers nationwide, tend to score lower in math than they do in reading and writing. The trend has been consistent for years, leading some to question whet...
Dec 05, 2025 Illinois is in the process of creating a “numeracy plan” aimed at boosting math scores. (Credit: Aaron Lefler, via Unsplash)
Residents back at New Hopes Apartments after fire earlier in week
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents of Peoria's New Hope Apartments are able to return to their apartments to stay out of the frigid cold weather. The supportive housing facility was condemned Thursday morning a...
Dec 05, 2025 (25 News)
93.3 The Drive "Drive for Miracles" radiothon takes place with 25th edition on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - An annual fundraiser for the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria is hitting the quarter-century mark. The 25th Annual "Drive for Miracles" Radiothon on sister station 93.3 The...
Dec 05, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
DOJ lawyer says it's 'wrong to allege' Operation Midway Blitz is over
Article Summary A Department of Justice attorney told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration's Chicago-area "Operation Midway Blitz" immigration enforcement campaign isn't over. The la...
Dec 05, 2025 A Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Man sentenced to 45 years for shooting Big Al's bouncer
Peoria, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next 45 years in prison for shooting a bouncer at Big Al's nightclub in downtown Peoria in 2023. Tywahnn K. Tillman, 37, was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years ...
Dec 04, 2025 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
