Category Archives: Local News

Illinois goes Orange for work zones this week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. --Bridges and buildings throughout Illinois are once again turning orange for National Work Zone Awareness Week to honor workers who've died in work zones as another construction sea...
Julia Bradley Apr 17, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation)

Gas prices rising in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - The price to fill up your car is going up. GasBuddy reports the average price of unleaded in the Peoria-area is $3.87/g. That's 4.7 cents higher than last week and 25.6 cents higher tha...
TJ Carson Apr 17, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC

Peoria crews respond to fire on N. Buckeye
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews responded to a residential fire around 4:45 a.m. Monday on N. Buckeye Drive, near W. Red Cedar Lane in Edwards. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada said crews found fire outside...
Julia Bradley Apr 17, 2023 D4E / CC

Peoria fire overnight causes major damage and sends resident to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home went up in flames early Monday morning on N. Stephen Drive, just off War Memorial Drive. Crews were called to the scene around 12:30 a.m. They were told enroute that some...
Julia Bradley Apr 17, 2023 Midwest Communications

Man arrested after Saturday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a male had minor injuries after a shooting at a home in South Peoria Saturday morning, and another man is in custody. Peoria Police released details more than a day af...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)

Juvenile arrested in connection with Saturday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was arrested after Peoria Police responded to a pair of ShotSpotter alerts late Saturday afternoon. Details were released Sunday afternoon. Peoria Police said the alerts of s...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 Midwest Communications

UPDATE: State's Attorney says suspect in Dunlap shooting charged over the weekend
UPDATED 4/17 4:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says the man accused in relation to a fatal shooting in Dunlap Friday morning has been charged. Hoos says 26-year-old Wal...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)

Marking 25 years since Altman's first space flight
PEORIA, Ill. - You might say it was 25 years ago Monday Scott Altman took his first "one small step for man." The Pekin native and retired NASA astronaut went on his first flight into space. That was ...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/NASA)

Rivermen take care of Pensacola in Round 1 of SPHL playoffs
PEORIA, Ill. - Getting through the first round of the SPHL playoffs was easy for the Peoria Rivermen, while getting home to play the game that got them there wasn't. A bus breakdown led the Rivermen t...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)

Hail, high wind gusts reported from Saturday severe weather
LINCOLN, Ill. - A Saturday night round of severe weather didn't pack much of a punch across some parts of the Peoria area, but it did in others. According to storm damage reports from the National Wea...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications)


