Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Fire destroys home in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood. Here's what we know
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A home in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood is being torn down Thursday after fire ravaged it. Peoria firefighters were called to the home near Madison and Camblin 10:5...
Sep 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Effort underway to unionize workers at Rivian plant in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - A union with almost 600,000 members is seeking to expand its ranks by organizing thousands of workers who build electric vehicles and Rivian Automotive in Normal. The unioniza...
Sep 28, 2023 (25 News)
Civic Center GM: Despite record revenue year, challenges in revenue and infrastructure remain. Here's what he means
PEORIA, Ill. - Many people say that the Peoria Civic Center is a drain on taxpayers, no matter how successful the Civic Center is. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar tells the Peoria City Council,...
Sep 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
1 of 3 charged with 2021 shooting death convicted of murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is the first of three people charged with the murder of a Manual High School student two years ago, to be convicted. Court records indicate a jury Wednesday found Jeremy Mo...
Sep 27, 2023 (Left to Right): Jeremy Moore, Jr., Gary Irby, Tyranique White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail October 2021)
Concerns mount over proposed CO2 pipeline. Read statements here
PEORIA, Ill. - One local official and one state lawmaker are among those expressing at least some concern about a proposed carbon dioxide collection pipeline that may go through parts of the area. Peo...
Sep 27, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Welch introduces bill to allow legislative staff to unionize
UPDATED 2:52 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative s...
Sep 27, 2023 House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Residents moving in and settling into first completed homes at former Taft Homes site
PEORIA, Ill. - Erica Jones was a resident in the former Taft Homes on NE Adams St. in Peoria. And she says living conditions in her house at Taft were not the best. "It was a lot of maintenance issues...
Sep 27, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen arrested on weapons charges after chase with police
PEORIA, Ill. - Another arrest of juveniles in Peoria - this one after what started as a stolen vehicle ended as a stolen gun investigation. Police say they saw two juveniles that matched the descripti...
Sep 27, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating 'suspicious' death
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they're investigating a death they term "suspicious." Officers were called to an area near Arcadia and Peoria Avenues around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday where an adult man was...
Sep 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
PPS board wants to hire more resource officers
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Board of Education at Peoria Public Schools wants resource officers to staff all 27 schools, instead of some schools having to share the same officer. The school board dir...
Sep 27, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
