Category Archives: Local News
Two arrested after multiple police chases in Peoria from the past weekend. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested from the weekend after multiple police chases throughout Peoria. Peoria Police says officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the area of Nebraska and Knoxville, ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Omar Denova (left) and Cortez Aguirre Mugshots. Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Human remains found confirmed to be that of man missing for months
UPDATED 7:08 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating human remains found Sunday morning, and the coroner says they are confirmed to be that of a man missing sinc...
Nov 13, 2023 (25 News)
Man pleads guilty to making bomb threats to Pere Marquette. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of making three separate bomb threats to the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown Peoria - one of them while parents and children were staying there for a music education co...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested in Indiana for February murder in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the two men accused in a fatal shooting from February in Peoria has been arrested in a neighboring state. Peoria Police says 21-year-old Donte T. Agnew was arrested November 9th ...
Nov 13, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Bradley University president says school is still strong, in the wake of proposed program cuts and planned protest
PEORIA, Ill. - The president of Bradley University says, in the wake of proposed program and faculty cuts, the university is still in a strong position. Last week, Stephen Standifird in an email to st...
Nov 13, 2023 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Kitchen Cooked chips return to original flavor
HANOVER, Pa. - A beloved brand of potato chip, even though it's no longer made in Central Illinois, may start to taste familiar again. Utz Quality Foods - the owner of Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips - an...
Nov 13, 2023 Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips (Utz Quality Foods)
UPDATE: Pekin City Council member makes shocking announcement
UPDATE: 6:32 p.m. PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Becky Cloyd, a former mayoral candidate, took to Facebook Monday to announce she is resigning as a Pekin city council member. Cloyd believes she was silenced ...
Nov 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Becky Cloyd via Facebook)
Local gas prices continue to drop ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.41 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of Peoria gas stations. Peoria's pric...
Nov 13, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Morton band places second in their division at Grand Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - A big and award-winning season for the Morton High School Marching Band has ended with what the band calls its "highest ranking ever" at a national competition. Band officials say...
Nov 12, 2023 Morton drum majors receive the award for 2nd-place in Class 2A (Left to Right: Nathan Manthey, Rachel Clauson, Taylor Rice and Drew Feit). (Photo courtesy Paul Friend)
Bradley University suspends women's basketball coach. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There are more questions than answers after Bradley University announced Saturday night it was suspending its head women's basketball coach. The university said Kate Popovec-Goss was be...
Nov 12, 2023 (25 News)
