Category Archives: Local News
New roadwork in the Peoria area begins on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - On Monday, the University Street and Northmoor Intersection Reconstruction Project begins with lane closures on University Street from Cherokee Lane to the entrance of the North Univers...
Feb 28, 2026 Midwest Communications
East Bluff home under construction damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home under construction in Peoria's East Bluff Friday night. Battalion Chief Larry Carter said crews arrived at a two-and-a-half story home in the area of ...
Feb 28, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Victim in fatal crash in rural Tazewell County identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 35-year-old man has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening in rural Tazewell County. Coroner Charles Hanley says Christopher Murray of ...
Feb 27, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Man arrested after allegedly showing weapon during Peoria road rage incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested after a road rage incident Thursday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police says the incident occurred in the area of Sheridan and Lake just after 12:45 P.M. The adult mal...
Feb 27, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
High schoolers flood state Capitol to advocate for drug abuse prevention bills
Article Summary The Illinois Prevention Network rallied high school students to lobby state legislators to pass drug and alcohol regulation bills. House Bill 4333 aims to lower the legal blood-alcohol...
Feb 27, 2026 Students with the Illinois Prevention Network at the Capitol on Wednesday pushing bills aimed at drug regulation and reduction. (Medill Illinois News Bureau, courtesy of Kate Bell, Illinois Prevention Network)
Woman sentenced for hijacking at Peoria shopping center
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman has received the maximum sentence possible after hijacking at a Peoria strip mall last summer. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 33-year-old Taccara Dear to 12 ye...
Feb 27, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced after sexual predator sting operation by Chillicothe Police
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge sentenced a man Friday after being caught in an online sting operation to catch sexual predators. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 39-year-old Domi...
Feb 27, 2026 courtroom gavel
The Spring Home Show returns to the Peoria Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The 2026 Official Spring Home Show gets underway Friday at the Peoria Civic Center. The Home Show's Andy Knapp tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" that it's a one-stop shop for everything you n...
Feb 27, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability board
Article Summary Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set th...
Feb 27, 2026 Citizen Action/Illinois Executive Director Anusha Thotakura speaks at a
rally in the state capitol building on Feb. 17. Citizen Action rallied in support of
legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board. (Capitol News Illinois
photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Former Peoria pastor pleads not guilty to sending minor explicit images
By Angeles Ponpa PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A former pastor of Riverside Community Church found himself in an emptier courtroom Thursday afternoon as he pleaded not guilty to distributing harmful materi...
Feb 27, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
