Category Archives: Local News
State looks to curb vehicle theft with grants to police task forces
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Six interagency law enforcement task forces received grant funding this spring to combat car thefts through an initiative of Secretary of State Alexi Gianno...
Aug 22, 2023 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is pictured in a file photo. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria native and Bradley grad talks about being in California during Tropical Storm Hilary
LOS ANGELES - A Peorian who's been living in California and works for Bradley University students there says Tropical Storm Hilary on top of an earthquake was quite an experience. Connor Kelly lives i...
Aug 22, 2023 Connor Kelly (Bradley University)
Cases of COVID-19 have gone up this summer, but locally our numbers are still low
PEORIA, Ill. - With COVID-19 cases rising slightly nationally, a local health expert says there's no need to panic. Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows the highest COVID-19 n...
Aug 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Police say woman was shot Monday night while in a parked car
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a woman is believed to have been shot Monday night. Police say they didn't find a victim at first when they responded to Gift and Broadway just before 9:00 p.m. on a S...
Aug 22, 2023 Midwest Communications
Coroner: 'Shock' cause of death for homeless man later given military burial
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the death of a homeless man whose body was found behind a restaurant near Bradley University, and about how he's received the funeral he was owed. Peoria Count...
Aug 22, 2023 Robert Moore (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/photo via 25 News)
State urges people to take precautions this week during heat wave
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning residents to be careful during hot temperatures this week. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for central Illinois until Thu...
Aug 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Peoria auto dealers vote to discontinue the Central Illinois Auto Show. Here's why
UPDATED 7:36 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - They said back in February they had a plan to bring it back over the next two years. But, in the end, the members of the Peoria Metro New Car Dealers Association have ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Central Illinois Auto Show Facebook Page)
West Nile virus found for the first time this year in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - For the first time this year, the West Nile virus has been found in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Health Department says in a statement released Monday that the virus wa...
Aug 21, 2023 Tim Sheerman-Chase / CC
Man arrested on Saturday afternoon on weapons charges in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Saturday afternoon in the East Bluff on weapons charges. Peoria Police responded to Frye and Maryland at around 4:23 P.M. on reports of a man with a gun. They ...
Aug 21, 2023 Jonathon Hudson (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man jailed, and victim identified, in connection with Peoria's 13th homicide of 2023
UPDATED 5:51 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have someone in custody in connection with the city's 13th homicide of the year, which occurred over the weekend. This, as the Peoria County Cor...
Aug 21, 2023 Lovell Eggleston (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
