Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Fire working to reinstate dedicated rescue squad
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's fire department is set to get some extra cash flow in hopes of reinstating its rescue squad. This comes as the city debates its budget for the next two years. The fir...
Nov 8, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson to blame for residential fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called Tuesday night to a home on S. Matthew for a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says just after 9:30 p.m., crews found heavy fire and black sm...
Nov 8, 2023 (25 News)
Grand jury indicts woman for apartment building arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A second woman has been charged with a fire a month ago at Peoria's Lexington Hill Apartments. A grand jury Tuesday charged Aleishiona Morris, 28, with Aggravated Arson. She's accused o...
Nov 7, 2023 Aleishiona Morris (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Fatal motorcycle crash in Tazewell County
UPDATED 7:04 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - First responders were on the scene Tuesday of what is believed to be a fatal motorcycle crash in East Peoria. The accident was reported to have occurred at around...
Nov 7, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Grand jury charges teen woman with First Degree Murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has formally charged a woman with the shooting death of her boyfriend. The grand jury Tuesday filed a single First-Degree Murder count against T'Nashia Wash, ...
Nov 7, 2023 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State gets 9th recent credit upgrade as administration faces scrutiny for pandemic unemployment handling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois received another credit upgrade Tuesday, the same day a legislative committee once again scrutinized Gov. JB Pritzker's administration for its hand...
Nov 7, 2023 Ray Marchiori, acting director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, testifies before the Legislative Audit Commission Tuesday about the agency’s handling of unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Grand jury files murder, weapons charges against Peoria man
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of First-Degree Murder. The grand jury Tuesday.also filed a charge of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon against Amorta Nelson, ...
Nov 7, 2023 Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rivian beats quarterly revenue estimate, raises full-year production forecast
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Tuesday and raised its production forecast for the full year by 2,000 vehicles to 54,000 units. Shares of Rivian, wh...
Nov 7, 2023 An electric pick-up truck is pictured at the Rivian Automotive Inc facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Bradley University students react to proposed cuts to programs and faculty. Here's what some students said
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University students are sharing their concerns and feelings in the wake of a proposal to cut programs and jobs to save the university around $13 million. The university is propo...
Nov 7, 2023 (Bradley University)
Gun rights groups to seek Supreme Court ruling on assault weapons
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state's assault weapons ban after a federal appeals court on Friday r...
Nov 7, 2023 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Hannah Meisel)
