Category Archives: Local News
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)
Area schools work to keep students cool in class and on the field during intense heat this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Schools in central Illinois are doing what they can this week to keep students cool in the forecasted intense heat. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect until Thursday evening, with t...
Aug 21, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Farmington man jailed, accused of trying to have sex with a minor
FAIRBURY, Ill. - A Fulton County man is in trouble with the law in Livingston County for allegedly trying to have sex with a minor. Police in Fairbury say Richard Tucker, 44, of Farmington was arreste...
Aug 21, 2023 Richard Tucker (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fairbury Police)
Average gas price in Peoria now over $4 a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - If you look hard enough, you can still find gas prices below four dollars a gallon in the Peoria area. But the Peoria-area averages, both according to GasBuddy.com and AAA, are just ove...
Aug 21, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
UPDATE: Body of teen missing in rural Roanoke pond found and recovered, victim identified
UPDATED 6:11 P.M. WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - The body of a missing 15-year-old boy from Washington who went missing in a rural Roanoke pond Sunday afternoon has been found. Woodford County Sheriff's Offi...
Aug 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Norwood man arrested after reportedly confessing to starting house fires
NORWOOD, Ill. - A Norwood man confessed to starting two fires at houses near where he lives within the past week. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says the first was reported at around 12:30 A.M. Th...
Aug 21, 2023 Troy Smith (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Wynonna Judd bringing theater tour to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Country music icon is coming to Peoria this fall. Wynonna Judd is bringing her "Back To Wy Tour" to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Saturday, Nov. 4, performing her solo hits like ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Courtesy of Peoria Civic Center--Photo credit--Jim Wright)
Cooling centers available as another heat wave hits Central IL
PEORIA, Ill. - With temperatures climbing into the 90s this week, the City of Peoria is reminding residents that there are cooling centers available to them. The lobby of the Peoria Police Department,...
Aug 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria firefighters: South Peoria home fire was 'intentionally set'
PEORIA, Ill. - They didn't use the word arson, but Peoria Firefighters say a late-afternoon fire to a home Saturday was intentionally set. Crews went to the house near Millman and Westmoreland, where ...
Aug 20, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
