Category Archives: Local News

Three teens injured in late-night Peoria shooting, suspect wanted
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers were injured Wednesday night when at least five shots were fired in South Peoria. It took place on South Arago around 11:15 p.m. Peoria Police say two 15-year-old males ...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2023 Midwest Communications

UPDATE: Peoria man sentenced to 80 years in prison for 2018 murder, hours after being charged in 2019 murder
UPDATED 5:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man learned his fate on Thursday for a murder in 2018, hours after he was charged for a murder in 2019. Lionell Harris, 31, received an 80-year sentence to th...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2023 Lionell Harris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail April 2022)

Georgia man arrested in connection to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington in April 2022
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Richwoods High School in Bloomington in April of 2022. Bloomington Police say 20-year-old Tomiyale Anderson of Hampton, Georgia w...
TJ Carson Dec 28, 2023 (25 News)

Apartment at Lexington Hills damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters say they're still investigating the cause of a fire at a local apartment complex. It happened just before 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Lexington Hills Apartments. The fire...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Concern grows after multiple drug overdoses in Peoria on Christmas Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials are once again sounding an alarm after first responders went to reports of overdoses in Peoria five times on Christmas Day. This, after there were four overdose deaths i...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2023 Marco Verch / CC

Powerball jackpot goes up again, Mega Millions also increasing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The lottery jackpots are getting big again. The multi-state Powerball drawing rolled over one more time Wednesday night after no one matched all five numbers and the red Powerball ...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)

14-year-old accused in August shooting death of 17-year-old in Peoria's East Bluff to be tried as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of murdering another teenager in August in Peoria's East Bluff will be tried as an adult for First-Degree Murder. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a p...
TJ Carson Dec 27, 2023 Brian Turner / CC

Unions look to state for solutions after year of higher ed labor action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes. Pay has been a ...
TJ Carson Dec 27, 2023 CSU STRIKE: Valerie Goss, the head of the faculty union at Chicago State University, and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery embrace at an April 3 rally on the campus of Chicago State University. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)

UPDATE: Body found outside Peoria home, coroner identifies victim
UPDATED 10:05 A.M. 12/28/23 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and now the Peoria County Coroner have released more information about a body found outside a Central Peoria home Wednesday morning. Peoria Pol...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2023

Three arrested after Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Three men were arrested on weapons charges after an early Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the stop occurred just before 1:30 A.M. Mon...
TJ Carson Dec 27, 2023 From left to right; Tramerreon Blakes, Robert Lawson, Marcus King. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)



