Category Archives: Local News
Tornado hits too close to home, even for Meteorologist Chuck Collins
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Just what was it that caused several tornadoes to touch down in Central Illinois ten years ago Friday, one of which caused major devastation to the city of Washington, along with s...
Nov 17, 2023 Sandy Gallant and Chuck Collins prepare to leave their broadcast location at WEEK-TV during the November 17, 2013 tornado. (25 News via YouTube)
UPDATE: Man shot, putting schools on brief lockdowns
UPDATED 5:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria schools were on brief lockdowns after Peoria Police say a man was shot nearby. The shooting prior to 2:30 p.m. Friday happened near Griswold and Krause. Pol...
Nov 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Helping Washington recover, with volunteers and with God
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Ben Davidson took pretty extensive notes about the deadly tornado that hit Washington ten years ago Friday. Davidson is Associate Pastor at Bethany Community Church in Washington - ...
Nov 17, 2023 A memorial of the Washington tornado. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mayor Manier reflects on 10th anniversary of the Washington tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Like many people in Washington, Mayor Gary Manier was in church on the morning of November 17, 2013. Manier tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show", when he came out of the church building...
Nov 17, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Commuter train crash leaves nearly 40 injured in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, leaving nearly 40 people injured, some of them critically. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a "s...
Nov 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Bradley's faculty senate approves 'no confidence' resolution against president, provost
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Frustrated over proposed program and staffing reductions, Bradley University's Faculty Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution expressing "no confidence" in Pre...
Nov 17, 2023 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Quinn recollects Washington mayor's leadership in aftermath of EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Pat Quinn says he was doing what most people in the state of Illinois do on a fall Sunday afternoon, watching the Chicago Bears. But the game that the former governor from 2009 to 2...
Nov 17, 2023 Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pat Quinn via Facebook)
Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- As winter quickly approaches, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced plans for the state to spend an additional $160 million to aid and house a sustained influx of mig...
Nov 16, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker responds to questions during a Nov. 16 news conference announcing $160 million in state aid to Chicago and other municipalities to assist in housing Asylum seekers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
More than 50 years in prison for man convicted of murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who strangled his girlfriend to death then left her in a burning home will go to prison for the next half-century. A judge Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Tahir Goodman to 5...
Nov 16, 2023 Tahir Goodman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
16-year-old to be tried as adult for Manual High School student shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - The teen who allegedly shot a Manual High School student on his way to school last week will be tried as an adult. In fact, the Peoria County State's Attorney's office says Thursday the...
Nov 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
