Category Archives: Local News
Election results certified; incumbent retains school board seat
PEORIA, Ill. - A race that was pretty close when the polls closed on election night earlier this month has now been made official. The Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners has certified the r...
Apr 19, 2023 (25 News)
Business incubator ready for construction, to hire new executive director
PEORIA, Ill. - The next stage of incubation, if you will, of a local business incubator is beginning in earnest. Officials with Distillery Labs say they are now ready to search for their new Executive...
Apr 19, 2023 (Distillery Labs)
More teenagers arrested on carjacking charges
PEORIA, Ill. - There's been another arrest of teenagers in connection with a stolen vehicle. Peoria Police said Wednesday the incident happened around 11:45 Tuesday morning, when a Licence Plate Reade...
Apr 19, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Elmwood home destroyed by fire, son helps everyone safely evacuate
ELMWOOD, Ill. - The quick thinking of a child helped everyone escape a fire in an Elmwood home, but the home itself is destroyed. The fire broke out Tuesday at a home on South Althea Street, triggerin...
Apr 19, 2023 (25 News)
Grand jury files indictments in several cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County handed down indictments in a number of local cases Tuesday. Here are details of some of the more notable ones. The grand jury is charging Dwayne Daye, Jr. (pictured abov...
Apr 19, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Former ComEd CEO says she didn't remember wiretapped call that 'proves my innocence'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - When the former CEO of Commonwealth Edison was interviewed by federal prosecutors and agents in September 2019, she denied knowing the substance of the case the gover...
Apr 19, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
'Red White & Boom' to play in Peoria for 35th year
PEORIA, Ill. - It will be the 35th time Peoria radio stations including WMBD have come together to put on what organizers believe is the biggest 4th of July party around. "Carle Health Red White and B...
Apr 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
PAAR: Peoria-area home sales down 8.3% in Q1
PEORIA, Ill. -- Very low inventory of homes for sale weighed heavily on Peoria-area home sales during the first quarter of 2023, the Peoria Area Association of REALTORS said on Tuesday. PAAR said home...
Apr 19, 2023 antony_mayfield / CC
City, Downtown Development Corporation introduce 'wayfinding' signs
PEORIA, Ill. - You're going to see a lot more signs in various parts of downtown and perhaps other parts of Peoria, essentially telling you where to go. You, that is, if you're a tourist looking to ge...
Apr 18, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
No more red envelopes: Netflix to end DVD-by-mail business
(Reuters) -Netflix Inc is winding down its DVD-by-mail business, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday, ending the service it started around 25 years ago. The company said its DVD rental business...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Netflix logo is placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
