Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Strong storms to arrive this evening in central Illinois, but severe threat stays to the south
UPDATED 11:29 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Severe weather will appear to miss the Peoria area on Wednesday. The National Weather Service office in Lincoln predicts that severe storms will stay well south of ce...
May 8, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Residents displaced by fire Tuesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Kingsway Drive Tuesday night, on reports of a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews arrived around 10 p.m., they found heavy...
May 8, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse was rampant in state-run juvenile detention centers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois' juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, c...
May 7, 2024 More than 90 people filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging decades of rampant sexual abuse at Illinois’ youth detention centers. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)
Two men arrested in South Peoria after being reportedly found passed out with weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested in South Peoria early Monday morning after reportedly being found passed out with weapons. Peoria Police responded just before 5:00 A.M. to the area of Millman and...
May 7, 2024 Orlando Mathews (left) and Tristan Shelton (right) mugshots. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Survey asks Peoria residents what splash pad at Lakeview Park should look like
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District wants your thoughts on a future splash pad to be installed at Lakeview Park. The park district is asking for opinions through a survey, now open through May 16t...
May 7, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Collins: A chance of severe storms remains through Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms we've seen in Central Illinois Tuesday morning will move out of the area, but we could see an isolated storm or two Tuesday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chu...
May 7, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Woman injured in shooting Monday night in Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a woman was shot in the arm Monday night after ShotSpotter detected multiple rounds fired in Central Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says it happened around 9:...
May 7, 2024
Peoria man pleads guilty in relation to his daughter's death in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty to First Degree Murder in relation to the death of his daughter in Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Shamari Wi...
May 6, 2024 courtroom gavel
Peoria County jury awards girl $2 million for negligent procedure when she was a baby
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has awarded $2 million for a 13-year-old girl after it found a pediatric surgeon at OSF Children's Hospital negligent. In a statement Monday from Romanucci and Blan...
May 6, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenager pleads guilty for role in Bartonville shooting incident in February
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old had pleaded guilty for his role in a February shooting in Bartonville that injured two teenagers. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Donald Grant pleaded gui...
May 6, 2024 courtroom gavel
