Category Archives: Local News
Police: Drug trafficking nets 'large quantities' of drugs and cash, with guns
UPDATED 5:38 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were arrested by Peoria Police as part of a drug trafficking investigation. It happened Tuesday night on Woodview Avenue near Northwoods Mall, and started...
Jun 01, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Four arrested following theft, weapons investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Four people have been arrested as part of a theft investigation and the alleged discovery of guns. Peoria Police say a vehicle was found on North University near the Metro Centre around...
Jun 01, 2023 L to R: Keshawn Williams, Marqwuan Shipp, Curtis King (2020 photo) (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pekin high school project tells story of Lincoln's first emancipated slave
PEKIN, Ill. - The first slave emancipated by Abraham Lincoln spent most of her life in Pekin, and leaders in the community are telling her story. Nance Legins-Costley started court challenges to her s...
Jun 01, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 1003. WMBD)
Car runs into Peoria Heights home
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights Police are searching for a vehicle that hit the side of a home overnight. It happened around 2 a.m. Thursday near Marietta and Illinois Avenues, when the homeown...
Jun 01, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
PPD gives away free bikes to kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Santa arrived in Peoria Wednesday, wearing a police uniform. It was the second "Free Bikes For Kids" event at the Gateway Building. This time, the Peoria Police Department enlisted som...
Jun 01, 2023 (25 News)
Shooter wanted following late Tuesday fight
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they want your help as they are still looking for someone who allegedly shot a man in Central Peoria late Tuesday night. Police say it happened just before midnight on...
May 31, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man, suspected of South Peoria shooting, arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man didn't injure anyone, but he was arrested at his South Peoria home for allegedly shooting outside it. Peoria Police say James Ogle, 44, remains jailed on charges of Aggrava...
May 31, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
Pekin Police want help locating theft suspect
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police are asking for your help in solving a theft case from earlier in May. Police have posted to social media a video of a woman they say is wanted for questioning in connection ...
May 31, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pekin Police via Facebook)
Injured and fallen police officers receive state Medals of Honor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Local police officers injured or killed in the line of duty in recent years are receiving a high honor. Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly Wednesday gave the Law Enforcem...
May 31, 2023 East Peoria Police Officer Jeffrey Bieber receives a Law Enforcement Medal of Honor from Illinois State Police DIrector Brendan Kelly Wednesday in Springfield. (State of Illinois)
Pritzker touts new budget's higher education spending
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Governor JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday t...
May 31, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured at the University of Illinois Springfield Wednesday during a news conference called to tout the state budget's higher education spending. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
