Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Peoria Civic Center Authority seeks naming rights deal for facility. Here's how it will help
UPDATED 4:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A name change could soon be coming to the Peoria Civic Center. The Peoria Civic Center Authority announced on Wednesday a request for proposal for the exclusive naming...
Jul 12, 2023 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A legendary comedian is set to perform in Peoria in November. Here's the details
PEORIA, Ill. - English comedian and founding member of Monty Python John Cleese is coming to the Peoria Civic Center Theater next fall. An Evening With the Late John Cleese, as the show is being bille...
Jul 12, 2023 Eduardo Unda-Sanzana / CC
After long debate, Peoria City Council approves $1.4 million in anti-violence funding. Here's where it will go, and why
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Over a series of votes, Peoria City Council approved more than $1.4 million in violence prevention funding. The following funds were approved for Greater Peoria Family YMCA, P...
Jul 12, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Council agrees to transfer $20.5M to Civic Center for improvements
PEORIA (25 News) - It was a unanimous decision on Tuesday night from Peoria City Council to transfer $20.5 million dollars generated by the sale of bonds to the Peoria Civic Center. Leaders with the C...
Jul 12, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
New retail development could be coming to Pekin. Here's what the City Council is considering
PEKIN, Ill. - Some new life could be breathed in to the retail sector in Pekin. Peoria-based Cullinan Properties has approached the Pekin City Council with the idea of taking part of East Court Villag...
Jul 11, 2023 An artist's rendering of the retail development the Pekin City Council is considering. (City of Pekin/Cullinan Properties)
Union, Peoria Public Library, reach tentative agreement. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An agreement has reportedly been reached between Peoria Public Library workers and the Board of Trustees. AFSCME Local 3464, which represents the library workers, has reportedly ratifie...
Jul 11, 2023 (Peoria Public Library via Facebook)
Grand jury indicts man accused of committing Peoria's 10th homicide of the year with murder, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who's accused of committing the city's 10th homicide of the year is now facing refreshed charges by a county grand jury. The grand jury Tuesday indicted Tramier Pate, 23,...
Jul 11, 2023 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Woman gets federal prison time, and must pay $125,000, for stealing from Maui Jim
PEORIA, Ill - A former Maui Jim employee will go to prison for the better part of a year after pleading guilty earlier this year to a scheme that defrauded the company. The U.S. Attorney's Office says...
Jul 11, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria teenagers get financial "Reality Check" at Goodwill
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area teenagers learned first-hand how financial decisions they make can have a wide impact on their lives. The 9th annual "Reality Check" took place Tuesday at the Goodwill Commo...
Jul 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rivian options buyers may be helping drive stock higher
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are piling into bullish options bets on the shares of Rivian Automotive, with some market participants saying the buying has helped the electric vehicle (EV) maker's sto...
Jul 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian name and logo are shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
