Category Archives: Local News
Bustos: Thursday deadline for villages owed COVID relief money
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says several Central Illinois communities still haven't gotten the money they're owed from the government to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bustos sa...
Will Stevenson Sep 27, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pekin Hospital receiving a multi-phased facelift
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Hospital is undergoing a more than $1.8 million facelift thanks to the Pekin Memorial Foundation. In August, the Foundation's board approved funding for exterior repairs and impro...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Man arrested for stabbing his father Sunday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was taken into custody in Peoria Sunday afternoon after he allegedly stabbed his father during a domestic dispute. Around 3:15 p.m. police responded to a home on N. Sheridan Road...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2021 MWC-PPD
Rebuilding Together Day includes first-ever "She-Build"
PEORIA, Ill. - You might have seen a lot of building work going on in Peoria Saturday, including at least one done entirely by women. It was a part of the annual "Rebuilding Together Day" -- moved fro...
Will Stevenson Sep 26, 2021 25 News
Large Lego-built exhibit coming to Wheels O' Time Museum
DUNLAP, Ill. - There's a new exhibit coming to Dunlap's "Wheels o Time" Museum that is all locally built from Legos. The museum gave a sneak preview of the exhibit Saturday. It's called "Bricks in Mot...
Will Stevenson Sep 26, 2021 25 News
Mattress fire causes damage to Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials say three people were displaced after fire broke out in a home late Friday night. The blaze started around 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Northeast Adams S...
Will Stevenson Sep 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: I-474 crash victim identified
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A crash on eastbound I-474 on Friday morning has claimed an Illinois man's life. The accident, that involved two trucks, happened about 7:20 a.m., about a mile east of the Pekin...
Julia Bradley Sep 25, 2021 (25 News)
Blippi becomes highest-grossing family show to play Civic Center Theater
PEORIA, Ill. -- Children's YouTube sensation, Blippi, became the highest grossing family show to play the Peoria Civic Center Theater in the venue's History after a sold out show Friday night. Blippi'...
Julia Bradley Sep 25, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
PPS holds town hall to address school violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- Parents and students had a chance Friday night to share their concerns and solutions after violent fights at Peoria High School last week. The Peoria Public Schools town hall meeting g...
Julia Bradley Sep 25, 2021 (25 News)
Pritzker signs legislative remapping into law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he's signed the new legislative maps into law that the General Assembly approved during the summer. In a news release Friday, Pritzker -- who did...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
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