Category Archives: Local News
Kroger to divest over 400 stores in bid to close $25 billion Albertsons deal
(Reuters) - Kroger said on Friday it would sell over 400 grocery stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers in an effort to get regulatory approval for its nearly $25-billion takeover of smaller rival Albert...
Sep 08, 2023 Kroger logo is displayed in this illustration taken September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
UPDATE: Fire at Caterpillar's Mapleton plant extinguished, spokesperson says
UPDATED 12:21 P.M. MAPLETON, Ill. - No one was hurt after Caterpillar says fire broke out in what they call a "small part" of its Mapleton Foundry. This, despite black smoke could be seen for a time. ...
Sep 08, 2023 (25 News)
Downtown Peoria hotel up for auction, hospitality leaders hope for its continued success
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - There's a rich history behind the Mark Twain Hotel and Packard Plaza in Downtown Peoria. One that's lasted nearly 100 years. However, the plans to put the property up for auct...
Sep 08, 2023 (25 News)
A 'public service announcement' from Peoria Police Chief Echevarria a week after two homicides and a mass shooting. WATCH HERE
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria calls it a "public service announcement" after urging violence to stop following a mass shooting and two homicides one week ago. But, a new social me...
Sep 07, 2023 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria stands in front of a department SWAT Team vehicle for a social media message. (Peoria Police via Facebook)
Tazewell County Clerk wants voters to decide whether the courthouse gets 'Medal of Honor' monument
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says he's going a different route to try and get a monument built honoring the county's three Medal of Honor recipients. Ackerman says the County Boar...
Sep 07, 2023 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman distributes petitions to local veterans regarding a proposed monument for the three people who have been awarded the "Medal of Honor" in Tazewell County. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Another wall collapses at Pekin Township Building, power restored
UPDATED 8:55 A.M. 9-8 PEKIN, Ill. - For the second straight day, a wall collapse occurred at the building that houses the Pekin Township Offices. Pekin Interim City Manager John Dossey says the south ...
Sep 07, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman sentenced to federal prison for financial and identity theft scheme
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman from Florida has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison thanks to a Peoria federal judge, after she pleaded guilty to a scheme to steal identities. Federal court...
Sep 07, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Charges filed against alleged Peoria County Jail escapee
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney has filed some of the charges a man who escaped Tuesday night from the Peoria County Jail was originally booked on. Jodi Hoos says she filed co...
Sep 07, 2023 Cory Bragg (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man sentenced to federal prison for being a felon having a gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for a few years after pleading guilty to felony gun charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Dazmine Erving, 32, was handed a sentence of about f...
Sep 07, 2023 Dazmine Erving (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail September 2022)
Illinois State University seeing freshmen enrollment at highest level in decades
NORMAL, Ill. - Freshmen enrollment at Illinois State University in Normal is at its highest level in decades. The university released enrollment numbers for the Fall 2023 semester Thursday. This year'...
Sep 07, 2023 (25 News)
