Category Archives: Local News
Grand jury indicts man wanted for attempted murder of Big Al's security guard
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has filed charges against a Peoria man who allegedly shot and injured a security guard at Big Al's downtown almost a month ago. The grand jury Tuesday indicte...
Nov 14, 2023 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
Teachers union: PPS superintendent 'disparaged' teacher, yelled at union official
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Federation of Teachers is once again at odds with the Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools - and once again it has to do with a familiar problem. The union claims Sharon D...
Nov 14, 2023 Members of the Peoria Federation of Teachers march in the Labor Day Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Newest group of apprentices in ICC program sign on the dotted line
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College president Sheila Quirk-Bailey says she can't say enough good things about how much the college's Apprenticeship programs have grown in just a relatively short p...
Nov 14, 2023 Students of Illinois Central College sign apprenticeship agreements as part of "National Apprenticeship Week," involving employers like Caterpillar, Alcast, and Liberty Steel. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University students, faculty rally in opposition to proposed cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Students, staff, and supporters made their voices heard Tuesday on the campus of Bradley University as they spoke in opposition to proposed cuts. Last week, President Stephen Standifird...
Nov 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers pass bill aimed at modernizing professional licensing in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - As Illinois faces shortages of health care practitioners and mental health professionals, the state agency in charge of licensing for those and more than 100 other industries...
Nov 14, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Manual High School hit after shots fired in the area Tuesday morning
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Manual High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after shots fired in the area hit the building. Peoria Police says a vehicle was also struck after a t...
Nov 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
Feeling blue? Abraham Lincoln did, too. New version of Peoria's Lincoln mural helps tell that story
PEORIA, Ill. - The mural of Abraham Lincoln on the back of the Peoria County Courthouse got a once-over - and it's not necessarily one anyone thought was needed at first. "Abraham Blue" now hangs wher...
Nov 13, 2023 (Doug Leunig, founder, Big Picture Peoria, discusses his work on the new version of the "Abraham Blue" mural. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two arrested after multiple police chases in Peoria from the past weekend. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested from the weekend after multiple police chases throughout Peoria. Peoria Police says officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the area of Nebraska and Knoxville, ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Omar Denova (left) and Cortez Aguirre Mugshots. Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Human remains found confirmed to be that of man missing for months
UPDATED 7:08 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating human remains found Sunday morning, and the coroner says they are confirmed to be that of a man missing sinc...
Nov 13, 2023 (25 News)
Man pleads guilty to making bomb threats to Pere Marquette. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of making three separate bomb threats to the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria - one of them while parents and children were staying there for a music education co...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
