Category Archives: Local News
COVID spread risk decreasing in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - The risk of COVID-19 spreading in Illinois is decreasing. The Illinois Department of Public Health says just six counties are at an elevated level of risk. All six are located in north...
Apr 15, 2023 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Juvenile accused of taking gun to Dunlap school
DUNLAP, Ill. - A juvenile is in custody after Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says a student brought a gun to Dunlap Middle School Friday. Watkins says detectives were called there at 3:43 p.m. af...
Apr 14, 2023 (Dunlap School District)
New American citizens sworn-in at Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - For 239 people, Friday was the completion of a journey to be a citizen of their new home. They took part in a naturalization ceremony at Renaissance Coliseum on the campus of Bradley Un...
Apr 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Sheriff's Office: Dunlap shooting suspect charged
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The suspect in a Friday morning shooting in Dunlap has received charges related to the shooting. Sheriff Chris Watkins says around 11:30 a.m., 26-year-old Walte...
Apr 14, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man arrested on multiple drug and gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested early Thursday morning after Peoria Police executed a search warrant at a home W. Howett, between Griswold and Westmoreland. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says during...
Apr 14, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Authorities identify Peoria man killed in Wisconsin crash
MADISON, Wis. --The Peoria man killed in a crash allegedly caused by an intoxicated driver has been identified. The Dane County Medical Examiner on Thursday identified the victim as 58-year-old David ...
Apr 14, 2023 (Wisconsin State Patrol)
Peoria needs more 911 telecommunicators on National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
PEORIA, Ill. - You might consider them the type of people who need to be recognized every week, not just this one. They're 911 dispatchers based in Peoria but serving seven law enforcement agencies, t...
Apr 13, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire at Olympia Middle/High School cancels classes
STANFORD, Ill. - A fire at the Middle and High School in Olympia is giving students there a day off Friday. That's according to superintendent Laura O'Donnell, who says there will be no access to the ...
Apr 13, 2023 (25 News)
Adult, teen arrested for string of West Peoria car burglaries
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Two people now face charges after a string of alleged car burglaries last month. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says Tremayne King, 24, and a 17-year-old juvenile each face se...
Apr 13, 2023 Tremayne King (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man found fit to stand trial, one year after death of grandmother
PEORIA, Ill. - A year after he was arrested for allegedly killing his grandmother, a judge says the accused is mentally fit enough to stand trial. Peoria County Court records indicate a judge made tha...
Apr 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
