Category Archives: Local News
Man injured in S. Peoria shooting Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - A ShotSpotter alert, indicating 14 rounds were fired, led Peoria Police to a man who'd been shot Monday afternoon. Peoria Police say the man was found on W. Griswold Street just before ...
May 14, 2024
Woodford County to put sanctuary status up for vote again
EUREKA, Ill. - The Public Safety committee of the Woodford County Board has approved a resolution that once again asks the county what it will do with migrants sent from the US-Mexico border if they f...
May 14, 2024 (25 News)
Pekin council votes down home rule referendum
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Mayor Mary Burress cast the deciding vote Monday night as the city council voted against putting a referendum on the November ballot that would ask residents whether the city shoul...
May 14, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
As Medicaid redeterminations restart, about 73% of state's recipients remain enrolled
About 73 percent of Illinois' Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 recipients have been disenrolle...
May 13, 2024 Credit: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography, unsplash.com
Vacant home demolished after fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - A vacant home caught fire in South Peoria early Monday morning. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived around 2:20 a.m. to the home on W. Third Street, finding smok...
May 13, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy says Peoria gas prices still dropping
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 5.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to Gas Buddy's survey of local stations. Peoria's prices are just over 12 cen...
May 13, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria garage fire deemed accidental. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on John Gwynn Avenue Sunday evening for a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived at 6:42 p.m., finding heavy smoke and flam...
May 13, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
BUILD Peoria announces next community project
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Friendship House has been selected to receive an upgrade of its outdoor green space. BUILD Peoria says after what it calls "a record number of votes" from the community, an out...
May 12, 2024
Missouri State University leaving Missouri Valley Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Change is coming within the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State University released a statement Friday saying it is leaving the current 12-team MVC to be part of Conference U...
May 11, 2024 Bradley women's basketball team conducts a shootaround prior to its game at Missouri State. (Photo: Ed Hammond)
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker's prison plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) - Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker's administration on Friday. Top officials with ...
May 11, 2024 Logan Correctional Center, one of only two prisons for women in Illinois, is slated for closure and rebuilding – possibly from Lincoln to the Chicago suburb of Crest Hill – under a plan from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
