Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Civic Center extends partnership with ASM Global
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center says it's extending its relationship with venue management company ASM Global. ASM Global has managed the Peoria Civic Center since 1990. "This relationship has ...
Sep 26, 2023 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire damages Peoria home Monday afternoon. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke was seen coming from a home on W. Marquette Street, between S. Griswold and S. Westmoreland, Monday afternoon in Peoria. Crews found smoke and a small fire in a breezeway at the b...
Sep 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Civic Center: 'Best year' financially, great year for attendance
PEORIA, Ill. - 343. That's the number of event days the Peoria Civic Center had in the just-ended fiscal year, according to General Manager Rik Edgar. And with that kind of busy-ness, Edgar says that ...
Sep 25, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Victim in Peoria's 20th homicide identified
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the victim in Peoria's 20th homicide of the year Friday night in Central Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Jabbarius Highsmith, 15...
Sep 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Two arrested following traffic stop, one allegedly pulls loaded gun
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested by Peoria Police after an early Sunday incident where one of them allegedly pulled a loaded gun on officers. Police say it happened around 1:45 a.m. near Humbol...
Sep 25, 2023 Desean Jackson (left) and Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
One seriously hurt during Saturday afternoon shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was seriously hurt when he was shot at Saturday afternoon. Officers say it happened just before 1:00 p.m. near Ann and Warren in South Peoria. Around a dozen rou...
Sep 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria home damaged in Monday morning fire. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An electrical fire is being cited as the cause of a fire Monday morning in the Moss-Bradley neighborhood. The fire was called in at around 11:00 A.M. to the 1500-block of W. Moss. Peori...
Sep 25, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Classic Rock bands headed to Peoria next spring
PEORIA, Ill. - Two powerhouse Classic Rock bands, big especially in the 70s and 80s, are coming to the Peoria Civic Center next spring. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar tells WMBD's "Greg and Da...
Sep 25, 2023 (Peoria Civic Center)
Peoria gas prices drop a few cents from last week
PEORIA, Ill. - The average price for gas in the Peoria area has dropped 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.74 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's local survey of gas stations....
Sep 25, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
El Paso, Texas 'at a breaking point' amid jump in migration, mayor says
(Reuters) -The dramatic increase in migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to "a breaking point," with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exce...
Sep 24, 2023 Migrants sleep on the street after being released from U.S. Border Patrol custody in downtown El Paso, Texas, U.S., September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
