Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Peoria woman arrested for mid-August stabbing death
UPDATED 4:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman wanted since a fatal stabbing near the middle of last month has been arrested. Peoria County Jail records indicate Cathy Logan, 53, was arrested Monday ...
Sep 05, 2023 Cathy Logan (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria program lets residents get to know their area code enforcement officer
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is looking to put a friendlier face on code enforcement. The city's "100 Blocks in 100 Days" program is in its 4th year. The program has code enforcement officers mee...
Sep 05, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin man arrested on felony sex charges in Woodford County
EL PASO, Ill. - A Pekin man is jailed in Woodford County on charges accusing him of trying to meet a teenager for sex. Police in El Paso say Dustin Armbrust, 41, is facing charges of Indecent Solicita...
Sep 05, 2023 Dustin Armbrust (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/El Paso Police)
Car crashes into home Tuesday morning in Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A home was damaged in Peoria after a vehicle crashed into it Tuesday morning. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says the crash occurred just after 7:30 A.M. in the 800-block of W. Mac Queen. ...
Sep 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Second installment of real estate taxes in Peoria County due on Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The second installment of real estate taxes in Peoria County are due Wednesday. Peoria County Treasurer Nicole Bjerke says there's multiple options for people to pay their taxes; at mos...
Sep 05, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local gas prices down a bit following Labor Day weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in the Peoria area have fallen 4.7 cents in the last week, averaging $3.88 a gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Pe...
Sep 05, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria's annual Labor Day Parade takes place Monday morning through the downtown area
PEORIA, Ill. - Unions across central Illinois marched through the streets of downtown Peoria for the annual Labor Day Parade on Monday. Around 2,000 participated in the parade, which featured 39 union...
Sep 04, 2023 Members of the Peoria Federation of Teachers march in the Labor Day Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local unions gather for Peoria's annual Labor Day parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria will celebrate the Labor Day holiday with a parade on Monday morning put on by Peoria County Democrats. Local unions and their members will walk and ride through the streets of d...
Sep 04, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
More prayer for an end to the gun violence in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders and South Peoria residents gathered once again this weekend to pray for peace - at a service planned long before the violence of the past week, but with that violence ...
Sep 03, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria Fire: Juveniles cause Sunday morning 'arson' in Central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Juveniles are believed to have caused a fire Sunday morning in a Central Peoria home. Peoria firefighters say they were called to a home on North Bevalon Place, not far from Glen, aroun...
Sep 03, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
