Category Archives: Local News
County clerks from across Illinois discuss improving communications with media at conference in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Working relationships between government entities and news media was a topic of discussion for county clerks and recorders from across Illinois this week. "Who Called the Press!" w...
Jan 17, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: New WTVP board chair apologizes, says the station wants to regain public trust. Here's what he told us
UPDATED 6:57 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - He's been on the job of sorts for one full day; but John Wieland, the new chair of the WTVP Board of Directors, says he's sorry to viewers and the public for what's le...
Jan 17, 2024 John Wieland (25 News)
Cold temperatures a factor in death of elderly Pekin woman. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of a Pekin woman on Tuesday is being partly blamed on frigid weather. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says first responders responded to a house in the area of South and S....
Jan 17, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria Police chief discusses safety tips for online transactions in the wake of the city's 2nd homicide of the year
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop is offering advice for people to stay safe when involved in an online transaction, in the wake of Peoria's second homicide of 2024. The shooting on Monday in the area o...
Jan 17, 2024 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria takes questions regarding safety during online transactions on January 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man taken to hospital after being shot at Landmark Bowling early Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot at Landmark Bowling early Monday morning. A spokeswoman says officers arrived just before 12:15 A.M. and ...
Jan 17, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers clear path for assault weapon registration rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - New permanent rules will soon go into effect spelling out how people who own assault weapons and related items that are now heavily regulated in Illinois ca...
Jan 17, 2024 State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, is pictured at the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules hearing Tuesday in Springfield. The committee objected to proposed permanent rules governing the state’s assault weapons ban, although the ban and registration requirement remains in place. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
ALDI eliminates plastic shopping bags, announces other environmentally-friendly change
BATAVIA, Ill. - You won't be able to buy a plastic bag from Aldi anymore, if you forget to bring your own bags. ALDI says it met its goal of eliminating plastic shopping bags from all its stores by th...
Jan 17, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Dog dies after house fire in Peoria early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A dog passed away after a house fire in Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were called to W. Virginia Ave., just off McClure, at around 5:45 A.M., arriving to find h...
Jan 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New technologies help work at new Precision Planting facility in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Work is underway at the new Precision Planting facility in Morton. The 510,000-square ft. facility opened in October, and will produce more than 40 products once it becomes fully operat...
Jan 17, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Canton man arrested for Mapleton armed robbery
MAPLETON, Ill. - A Canton man has been arrested for the suspected armed robbery of a Mapleton gas station late last week. Surveillance video Friday night showed a man with a gun demanding money from a...
Jan 17, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
