Category Archives: Local News
Multiple people hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at Peoria business Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple people were sent to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak Monday morning at a Peoria business. 25 News reports that first responders arrived at Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. jus...
Jan 15, 2024 Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. (25 News)
Local mechanic gives advice on how to keep your car running in winter weather. Here's what he says
PEORIA, Ill. - If it's bone-chilling outside for you, the same can be said for your vehicle, and a local car maintenance expert has tips on keeping it running smoothly. Before you hit the road, Uftrin...
Jan 15, 2024 Matthew Klamert Photos
Gas prices rise in central Illinois in the past week. Here are the prices
PEORIA, Ill. - Temperatures fell in central Illinois in the past week, but the opposite is true for the price of gas in the area. GasBuddy reports an increase of 5.8 cents in the past week for the ave...
Jan 15, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Miss America 2024 crowned Sunday night
ORLANDO, Fl. - She didn't make the top 11, but Jessica Tilton, a Washington native and medical student at Southern Illinois University, represented Illinois Sunday night at the Miss America pageant. M...
Jan 15, 2024 (Miss America Facebook)
Dangerous cold continues to cover Central Illinois this week with frigid temperatures
LINCOLN, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln says bitter cold conditions will continue through much of this week. Wind chills will again fall to -25 to -30 Monday night into Tuesday mornin...
Jan 15, 2024 (National Weather Service)
LaHood endorses Donald Trump for president
PEORIA, Ill. - Republican Congressman Darrin LaHood, who now represents Illinois' 16th District, officially announced on Saturday that he has endorsed Donald Trump in the Republican primary for Presid...
Jan 13, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Snowfighters dealing with blowing and drifting snow following Friday's snowstorm
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Snowfighters spent most of the overnight plowing and treating the residential streets before returning to the main routes. Peoria Public Works Deputy Director Sie Maroon says blo...
Jan 13, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Man pleads not guilty to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Georgia man accused of shooting and killing a Peoria teen at a house party in Bloomington is pleading not guilty. Tomiyale Anderson, 20, has made that plea in McLean County Cir...
Jan 12, 2024 Tomiyale Anderson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/McLean County Jail)
Blizzard strikes US Midwest, cancelling flights and disrupting presidential campaign
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions as snowstorms moved across the Northwest and Midwest, flooding threatened the East Coa...
Jan 12, 2024 Workers remove snow from the sidewalk after a blizzard left several inches of snow in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S., January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Illinois proposal calls for expanding vote-by-mail
URBANA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 election season draws near, voters in Illinois will once again choose whether they want to cast their ballots in person or by mail. But one lawmaker ...
Jan 12, 2024 Democratic state Reps. Maurice West, of Rockford, and Carol Ammons, of Urbana, discuss Ammons’ proposal to expand voting by mail in Illinois during a meeting Wednesday of the House Ethics and Elections Committee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
