Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Maybe a little more snow, but wind biggest problem now
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The National Weather Service says, unofficially, 12 inches of snow fell Tuesday night into Wednesday in Peoria. But that doesn't mean the threat of winter weather is over, for a fe...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man charged with murder after child death
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A toddler is Peoria's third homicide death of the year, and an arrest on murder charges has been made. Peoria Police say first responders went to a home in the North V...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 Peoria County Jail
Pritzker talks budget, tax relief, pandemic, health care workers, and more in State of State address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to create a burden on everyone. So, in his annual State of the State and Budget address Wednesday afterno...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
Area snowfall totals so far: 6-14 inches
UPDATED 12:28 P.M. LINCOLN, Ill. - Forecasters warned "locally heavier snowfall" totals were possible from the snow storm Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and they were right. According to the Nat...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 National Weather Service
Day One: Stranded motorists, closed highway ramps and scrambling snow plows
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow covered roadways, scrambling snow fighters, stranded motorists and sporadic traffic deadlocks are what marked the early part of Wednesday in Peoria, day one of what the Weather Ch...
Cooper Banks Feb 02, 2022
Monitor your pets closely in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Winter weather like we're seeing now isn't just hard on people, it's tough on pets too. Dr. Libby Fort, with All Pets Veterinary Hospital in Peoria, said it's important to limit how lo...
Julia Bradley Feb 02, 2022 canonim / CC
Peoria PD 'business as usual' despite storm, says chief
PEORIA, Ill. - It was a little rough for Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria as he tried to get to work Wednesday morning. "I couldn't get out of my street without having to get out and push somebody ...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Peoria issues Emergency Declaration
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali has issued an emergency declaration for the city because of the current Winter snow storm. That's according to a city statement, which indicates that could help th...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Garbage pickup delayed
PEORIA, Ill. - Your trash won't get picked up in Peoria or in Pekin on Wednesday. "Today, we are officially calling off operations," said Eric Shangraw with GFL Environmental, formerly PDC. "We had a ...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 Peoria Disposal Company
Tazewell County roads may go from good, to worse, to better next few days
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Depending on where you go in Tazewell County, snowfall there might be bad, or really bad -- at least, as of earlier Wednesday morning. "We've probably had six inches locally in...
Will Stevenson Feb 02, 2022 Midwest Communications