Category Archives: Local News
Shakeup on board of directors for WTVP with mass resignations, including chairman. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a major shakeup involving the Board of Directors of Peoria public television station WTVP. The Peoria Journal Star reports that 11 people, including Chairman Andrew Rand, submit...
Jan 16, 2024 (25 News)
ECHL returns to central Illinois with Bloomington franchise next season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Professional hockey is coming back to Bloomington. The ECHL's Board of Governors announced on Tuesday the city will be the 30th franchise in the league, starting in the 2024-25 sea...
Jan 16, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
Teen charged with murder now indicted by county grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager previously being charged as an adult for murder has now been indicted by a county grand jury. Court records indicate Byron Jarvis, 14, faces two counts of Murder, for ...
Jan 16, 2024 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Police say botched robbery attempt led to fatal shooting
UPDATED 5:24 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We now know who the victim of Peoria's second homicide of this year was, and what happened that led to his death. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Marcus White...
Jan 16, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Riverfront Museum dedicates Richard Pryor portrait
PEORIA, Ill. - Something that's long overdue. That's how Peoria Riverfront Museum Executive Director John Morris describes the museum-commissioned portrait of late comedian and Peoria native Richard P...
Jan 16, 2024 A portrait of Richard Pryor was dedicated Tuesday at the place that commissioned it, the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: All four involved in Mackinaw murder-for-hire plot in October of 2021 plead guilty and receive prison terms
UPDATED 4:04 P.M. MACKINAW, Ill. - All four people involved in a murder-for-hire plot in Mackinaw in October of 2021 have all pleaded guilty at a review hearing Tuesday for their roles in it. The plot...
Jan 16, 2024 (25 News October 2021)
East Peoria home damaged by fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria firefighters were called to a home on Warren Place, near Nora Lane, Monday night for a fire. The fire call came in at approximately 8:23 p.m. Residents of the home were...
Jan 16, 2024 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Peoria's second homicide of 2024 reported on south side
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria has recorded its second homicide of the year. That's according to Peoria Police, who says it started around 5:00 p.m. Monday near Lincoln and Madison Park Terrace, wi...
Jan 15, 2024 (25 News)
PBS host stresses black youth education in Peoria MLK Day speech; Richard Pryor portrait unveiled
PEORIA, Ill. - Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. hopes to reinstill a love of learning in African-American schoolchildren, by also helping them find their roots. Gates spoke Monday at this year's Martin Luth...
Jan 15, 2024 Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. speaks Monday at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Luncheon at the Peoria Civic Center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Manual must forfeit basketball victories over use of ineligible player
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Manual High School boys' basketball team must forfeit two victories from the current season. The Illinois High School Association says the forfeits are due to the use of an i...
Jan 15, 2024 (Peoria Public Schools)
