Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Leaders react to recent outbreak of gun violence in Peoria. Here's what they had to say
UPDATED 6:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Four homicides in the last two weeks, along with several serious shootings has Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria saying, essentially, enough is enough. "I'm tired. W...
Aug 31, 2023 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria, Peoria City Council District 1 Member Denise Jackson, and Peoria Mayor Rita Ali take part in a press conference Thursday at Peoria Police Headquarters. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Victims identified, one arrest made, in connection to Peoria's 18th and 19th homicides
UDPATED 5:26 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The identities of the two victims from two separate shootings Thursday morning in South Peoria are now known. The first shooting occurred just after 9:00 A.M. in the a...
Aug 31, 2023 Peoria Police responded to a fatal shooting Thursday morning near Helen and George Streets. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shooting on Peoria's south side leaves six injured. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police found six victims on W. Marquette Street after responding to a pair of ShotSpotter alerts Wednesday night. The first alert around 9 p.m., indicated 10 shots were fired, t...
Aug 31, 2023 A large police presence late Aug. 30, 2023 outside OSF St. Francis Medical Center where six shooting victims were hospitalized. (25 News)
Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A coalition of elected officials and business leaders in Illinois is calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum seekers and other long-term u...
Aug 30, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker at a Chicago news conference, advocating for the federal U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow Illinois and other states to sponsor work permits for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented workers. (Screenshot via Illinois.gov)
Man sentenced to prison after October, 2022 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man will spend the next several years in prison after he opened fire into a car in the Warehouse District last year. Court records indicate Billy DeLasso, 32, was sentenced...
Aug 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State's Attorney: Juvenile to be tried as an adult for Peoria's 17th homicide this year
PEORIA, Ill. - The juvenile arrested earlier this week for Peoria's 17th homicide of the year will be charged and tried as an adult. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says she's charged Jared W...
Aug 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Man arrested for Monday's fatal hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident early Monday morning. Peoria Police say John Timothy, Jr., 39, turned himself in Wednesday morning and is ...
Aug 30, 2023 John Timothy, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Drowning death murder case declared a mistrial. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Peoria man accused of killing his wife almost four years ago. Peoria County Court records indicate the mistrial was declared Wednesday i...
Aug 30, 2023 Michael Vorrath (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail November 2019)
Dying and disabled Illinois prisoners kept behind bars, despite new medical release law
(Capitol News Illinois) - Phillip Merritt's dementia is so advanced he's lost the ability to speak. But with the help of his cellmates at Western Illinois Correctional Center, the 71-year-old still ma...
Aug 30, 2023 Illustration by Verónica Martínez / Injustice Watch
UPDATE: Juvenile shot overnight in Peoria. Here's what we know
Updated 9:19 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a shooting on Peoria's south side Tuesday night. Around 10:45 p.m., officers were called to the area of Widenham and W. Smith on a ShotSpotter...
Aug 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
