Category Archives: Local News
PPD: Teen seriously injured in shooting Thursday night
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a teenager is in serious condition after a shooting Thursday night in South Peoria. Peoria Police say officers responded to a report of shots fired on W. An...
Feb 16, 2024 Midwest Communications
Man to face charges after South Peoria shooting leads to fatal accident
UPDATED 6:04 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say what started as a shooting in South Peoria turned into a fatal car crash not long after. Police say the shooting happened just before 11 Wednesday ni...
Feb 15, 2024 Vanda Terrell (2-3-24 photo-1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
ICC-led 'Employ Central Illinois' to help students get into apprenticeships, trade jobs
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College is heading up a brand new effort to get high school students and high school graduates experience and training in the working world. It's called "Employ Central...
Feb 15, 2024 Illinois Central College's Peoria campus hosted a news conference Feb. 15, 2023 to discuss the newly-formed "Employ Central Illinois" initiative. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man sentenced for car theft incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man received a prison sentence after taking a plea deal in relation to a car theft incident from last year. Sentaries Farmer, 19, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a sto...
Feb 15, 2024 Sentaries Farmer (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Transportation workers rally for new contract amid negotiations with state
(Capitol News Illinois) - Groups of Illinois Department of Transportation workers represented by local Teamsters unions rallied at facilities in Collinsville and Springfield Wednesday after recently p...
Feb 15, 2024 Members of the Teamsters Local 916 union rally Wednesday outside of the Illinois Department of Transportation building in Springfield. Unions representing about 3,800 state highway workers have authorized strikes as contract negotiations between them and the IDOT continue. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Alex Abbeduto)
Peoria City soccer club announces new head coach, front office staff
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City is looking to move to the "next level" in the club's third season. In an event Thursday at Industry Brewing, the club announced multiple new hires. Former Bradley soccer hea...
Feb 15, 2024 Peoria City leadership group pose for a photo after the announcement of the hiring of a new coach and front office staff on February 15th, 2024. From L-to-R; head coach Mike Paye, CEO Bobby Parker, President and General Manager Jim Derose, owner John Dorn, and Vice President Matt Sheehan.
Deputies investigating attempted ATM heists
HANNA CITY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department is investigating after at least two ATM's were damaged Wednesday. Sheriffs deputies say the CEFCU ATM on Farmington Road in Hanna City was targ...
Feb 15, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Man accused of selling drugs out of Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have a man in custody for allegedly selling drugs out of a local home. Officers say on Wednesday, they arrested Bennie Johnson, 36, after a SWAT team searched his...
Feb 15, 2024 Bennie Johnson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Morton Police: 'Mental health crisis' leads to nearby school lockdown
MORTON, Ill. - A man who reportedly had a rifle and was yelling at passers-by to call the police caused a school to go on lockdown for a while Thursday. Police in Morton say it happened just after 11 ...
Feb 15, 2024 (Morton Police)
Man wanted for Big Al's shooting arrested in Georgia
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say the man accused of opening fire on a security guard at Big Al's in downtown Peoria last October has been arrested in Georgia. Peoria Police say U.S. Marshals arrested ...
Feb 15, 2024 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
