Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Firefigthters 'Fill the Truck' again to help kids going back to school. Here's how
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters once again did much better than they expected collecting backpacks, school supplies, and money to buy more, all for local kids. In the second year of their "Fill the...
Jul 25, 2023 300 scientific calculators donated to the Peoria Fire Department will be added to some of the nearly 900 backpacks full of school supplies collected by the department, and will be given to local students. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mackinaw man dies in motorsports crash over the weekend in Indiana. Here's what we know
MOROCCO, Ind. - A Mackinaw man died in a motorsports crash this past weekend in Indiana. The Newton County Sheriff's Office responded to the US 41 Motorplex at around 5:30 P.M. on reports of a fatal c...
Jul 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Arson to blame for Peoria fire Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that destroyed a Peoria home appears to have been intentionally set. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews were called to S. Brown Street, just off SW Jefferson Avenue, ar...
Jul 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Biden names new Emmett Till monument as US grapples with racist history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monu...
Jul 25, 2023 Four-year-old Senty Banutu-Gomez holds a photograph of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched in 1955, at a vigil on the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peoria's Dream Center hosting annual backpack giveaway for kids on Saturday. Here's the details of the event
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center Peoria is helping students start the new school year on the right foot by giving them some of the tools they need for success in the classroom. The center's 22nd Annual "Ba...
Jul 24, 2023 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
UPDATE: CEFCU reports debit card problems that are now fixed. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Members of one local credit union are having some problems again making transactions. CEFCU says some customers Monday have had debit card transactions declined at the point of sale. Th...
Jul 24, 2023 (25 News)
Gas prices increasing in the Peoria-area. Here's how much they've gone up
PEORIA, Ill. - Travelers filling up their cars in the Peoria-area have been paying a little bit more in the past week. GasBuddy's weekly report of fuel prices shows a $3.68/g average in Peoria. That's...
Jul 24, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
The heat is on: Here are tips for preventing heat-related illnesses, especially this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Temperatures are expected to be in the 90's all week, and close to 100 in a few days, with it feeling much hotter than that outside. So do you know the difference between heat exhaustio...
Jul 24, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Furniture from former senior living facility in Peoria donated to a local organization. Here's why
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Renovations at a former nursing home are leading to donations for a Peoria-based organization. Carle Health affiliate Trillium Place is donating furniture from the former Heddingto...
Jul 24, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 1003. WMBD)
UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies in Peoria County crash. Here's what we know
UPDATED 4:40PM PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A man is dead after a truck vs. motorcycle crash Sunday in Peoria County. The Sheriff's Office says the accident happened at Parks School Road and Elliot Road, nor...
Jul 24, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
