Category Archives: Local News
Peoria crime statistics to soon become public knowledge as city acknowledges increases in crime rates this year
PEORIA, Ill. - Crime is up in Peoria in 2023, and the public may soon be able to see the data for themselves. One example is gun violence...which 25 News reports is up 25% this year from January to Oc...
Oct 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State officials recommend gas price increase for 4.1 million consumers
(Capitol News Illinois) -- Utility customers throughout Illinois will likely see higher natural gas bills beginning in January after staff at the state's utility regulatory agency recommended rate inc...
Oct 17, 2023 Yessenia Balcazar of the Southeast Environmental Task Force holds a sign at a March 27 protest of Peoples Gas’ proposed rate increase in downtown Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Cat dies in Peoria house fire
UPDATED 2:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - No people were hurt, but a cat lost its life after a fire starting around noon Tuesday in Northwest Peoria. Peoria firefighters say a neighbor first reported the fire ...
Oct 17, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Slain Palestinian boy mourned in Illinois; stabbing suspect appears in court
BRIDGEVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Tearful mourners on Monday gathered in prayer at a mosque and placed white and yellow roses at the gravesite of a 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death by a man who po...
Oct 16, 2023 Mourners place flowers at the grave of Wadea Al-Fayoume at Parkholm Cemetery where the burial took place of 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 war between Israel and Hamas, in LaGrange, Illinois, U.S. October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Using SAFE-T Act, judge orders murder suspect to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will continue to be held in jail prior to trial on charges connecting him to the city's 19th homicide of the year. While bond is no longer set under the state's SAFE-T Act,...
Oct 16, 2023 Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Family, doctors hope Gordon-Booth legislation brings awareness to pulmonary embolisms
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria lawmaker has filed legislation in Springfield that, if approved, would funnel money into research on, and education about, blood clots. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth ...
Oct 16, 2023 (Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute)
Peoria Civic Center announces two shows for early 2024. Here's who is performing
PEORIA, Ill. - Grammy-nominated artists will be making stops at the Peoria Civic Center in the first quarter of 2024. Chicago-based rock band Disturbed will be kicking off their 23-date "Take Back You...
Oct 16, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: One arrested after Monday morning fatal shooting
UPDATED 4:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is under arrest for the city's 23rd homicide of the year Monday morning. Peoria Police say TNashia Wash, 18, was arrested for First-Degree Murder and ta...
Oct 16, 2023 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Price of gas falls again in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The trend of gas prices falling in central Illinois continues for another week. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded sits at $3.59/g. That's a 6.4 cent drop in the...
Oct 16, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Former developers of Peoria's Hotel Pere Marquette go to trial Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - A trial for the former developers of the Hotel Pere Marquette is set to begin Monday. Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow is overseeing the case against Gary Matthews and Monte Branna...
Oct 16, 2023 (25 News)
