Category Archives: Local News
Body found in Illinois River at downtown Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says there was no obvious trauma on the body of a man found Monday partially submerged in the Illinois River. Harwood says he's completed an autopsy ...
May 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria-area gas prices take a slight decline, depending on where you are
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area didn't move much in the last week. AAA says its Peoria-Pekin metro area average price for a gallon of unleaded is at $3.65 -- down just a half cent from th...
May 30, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Mobile data collection vehicles to assess roads in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria will be getting an up close look at all of its owned and maintained roads. Over the next month, vehicles from Roadway Asset Services will use digital cameras to collect images of...
May 30, 2023 (Roadway Asset Services, LLC)
Savoy man arrested in Peoria on multiple weapon and traffic charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The chase of a suspect early Saturday morning in Peoria involved a car crashing into a house. Peoria Police responded to the area of Gift and Wisconsin just after 12:30 A.M. on four Sho...
May 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested in connection with Sunday carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested Sunday night for an alleged carjacking in Peoria. Police spokesperson Semone Roth says around 6:40 p.m., officers were called to W. Willow Wood, near N. Teakwood Cou...
May 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating Saturday night East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a Saturday evening shooting in the East Bluff that sent a woman to the hospital. Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert of six shots fired in the are...
May 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Peoria shooting leaves one dead, one injured
UPDATED 4:14 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in the city's eighth homicide of the year has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Rick Ransom, 30, indicates he suffered...
May 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Two injured in crash near Tremont
TREMONT, Ill. - Two people were sent to the hospital after a car vs. motorcycle crash Monday morning. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred in front of the American Legion Hall ...
May 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
Body found Monday afternoon in Illinois River
PEORIA, Ill. - A body was found in the Illinois River on Monday afternoon. Police and fire scanners were calling for a river rescue in the area of the Peoria River Station at around 2:45 P.M. Fire Chi...
May 29, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Six injured in two early Sunday morning shootings in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two separate shootings in Peoria early Sunday morning that sent six people to the hospital is under investigation. Peoria Police officers arrived at OSF St. Francis at around 1:15 A.M. ...
May 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
