Category Archives: Local News
Drought conditions stay the same in central Illinois, improve state-wide
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions in central Illinois are holding steady. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows levels stayed the same week-to-week in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties...
Sep 01, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Peoria home suffers significant damage in fire Thursday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews were called Thursday night to a home in the area of W. Verner Drive and W. Virden Court on reports of a fire. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said they arrived jus...
Sep 01, 2023 D4E / CC
Stoller will not seek third term in Illinois Senate
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - One of the Peoria area's state senators says redistricting is one of the reasons why he will not be seeking a third term in Springfield. State Senator Win Stoller says for one...
Aug 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
South Peoria community members frustrated by recent gun violence
PEORIA, Ill. - Community members in South Peoria are frustrated by the recent rash of shootings in the area. Three shootings have occurred in South Peoria since Wednesday evening. An adult male was fo...
Aug 31, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/T.J. Carson)
UPDATE: Leaders react to recent outbreak of gun violence in Peoria. Here's what they had to say
UPDATED 6:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Four homicides in the last two weeks, along with several serious shootings has Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria saying, essentially, enough is enough. "I'm tired. W...
Aug 31, 2023 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria, Peoria City Council District 1 Member Denise Jackson, and Peoria Mayor Rita Ali take part in a press conference Thursday at Peoria Police Headquarters. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Victims identified, one arrest made, in connection to Peoria's 18th and 19th homicides
UDPATED 5:26 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The identities of the two victims from two separate shootings Thursday morning in South Peoria are now known. The first shooting occurred just after 9:00 A.M. in the a...
Aug 31, 2023 Peoria Police responded to a fatal shooting Thursday morning near Helen and George Streets. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shooting on Peoria's south side leaves six injured. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police found six victims on W. Marquette Street after responding to a pair of ShotSpotter alerts Wednesday night. The first alert around 9 p.m., indicated 10 shots were fired, t...
Aug 31, 2023 A large police presence late Aug. 30, 2023 outside OSF St. Francis Medical Center where six shooting victims were hospitalized. (25 News)
Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A coalition of elected officials and business leaders in Illinois is calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum seekers and other long-term u...
Aug 30, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker at a Chicago news conference, advocating for the federal U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow Illinois and other states to sponsor work permits for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented workers. (Screenshot via Illinois.gov)
Man sentenced to prison after October, 2022 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man will spend the next several years in prison after he opened fire into a car in the Warehouse District last year. Court records indicate Billy DeLasso, 32, was sentenced...
Aug 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State's Attorney: Juvenile to be tried as an adult for Peoria's 17th homicide this year
PEORIA, Ill. - The juvenile arrested earlier this week for Peoria's 17th homicide of the year will be charged and tried as an adult. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says she's charged Jared W...
Aug 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
