Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County grand jury indicts man for March shooting homicide at apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in relation to Peoria's third homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 21-year-old Javier McGhee was indicted Tuesday on one count of Murder, a Class M Fe...
Apr 9, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Crash in rural Mackinaw claims 73-year-old's life
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. A 73-year-old rural McLean County man was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and another vehicle in rural Mackinaw Monday afternoon. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanle...
Apr 9, 2024
Large crowd wowed by the solar eclipse at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - People from all over central Illinois came to the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Monday to see the solar eclipse. The Museum's Melody Konrad says reservations to view the eclipse from the ...
Apr 8, 2024 People viewing the solar eclipse at Peoria Riverfront Museum Monday, April 8, viewed the sight with their eclipse glasses on.
(1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Autopsy completed on human remains found in rural Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - An autopsy was completed Monday on the remains of a man who went missing in March of 2021 in rural Peoria County. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says 34-year-old Gabriel Cook...
Apr 8, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Park-A-Palooza to return for second year on Peoria Riverfront in June
PEORIA, Ill. - For the second year in a row, the Peoria Riverfront will be host to a family-friendly three-day event. Park-A-Palooza from the Peoria Park District will take place from June 6-8 on the ...
Apr 8, 2024 (Peoria Park District via Facebook)
Fon Du Lac Park District police chief fired. Here's what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Fon du Lac Park District is looking for a new police chief. 25 News reports Chief Chance Barlow was let go during a special meeting on Friday. Barlow had been placed on paid ad...
Apr 8, 2024 (Fon Du Lac Park District)
Landmark Recreation Center closed again due to water main issues
PEORIA, Ill. - Landmark Recreation Center is closed again as water main repair work continues. In a social media post...the center says it will be closed Monday)and Tuesday as further inspection and r...
Apr 8, 2024 (Landmark Recreation Center)
Man injured after shooting Saturday evening in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting from Saturday evening that injured a man. Police say officers responded just after 7:15 P.M. to a local hospital, where a man with gunshot wou...
Apr 8, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop slightly
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 3.3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.73 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 local gas stations. Peoria's prices are 18...
Apr 8, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Human remains found in Peoria County identified
UPDATE PEORIA, Ill. - Human remains discovered in Peoria County have been identified as those of a Peoria man reported missing just over three years ago. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said "thro...
Apr 7, 2024 Midwest Communications
