Category Archives: Local News
IDPH reports 4Q 2022 fines; many involve companies based in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health is putting out its list of fines for local nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and several area companies are getting hit. The alleged...
Apr 11, 2023 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Grand jury charges man with February stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A man who allegedly stabbed another man in February is now charged by a grand jury. The Peoria County Grand Jury Tuesday charged Johnny Jackson, 50, with one count each of Aggravated Ba...
Apr 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Grand Jury indicts man for Peoria arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury is filing charges against a Marquette Heights man for allegedly setting a home on fire last month. The grand jury Tuesday charged Christopher Hairgrove, 26, w...
Apr 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Florida Governor to make Peoria appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is coming to Peoria. That's according to the campaign office of Republican Congressman Darin LaHood. The campaign says DeSantis, who has not yet announced ...
Apr 11, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
Missing Civil War artifacts coming back to Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - A mystery that has lasted for parts of seven decades in Tazewell County has now been solved. More than 70 Civil War artifacts that were in the county's possession had been unaccounted fo...
Apr 11, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman with history of giving makes special shirts for children going through chemo
MORTON, Ill. - A Tazewell County business owner has come up with a way to help kids going through cancer, by getting them to feel more "normal." Corrina Dea owns "The Unlimited Stitch" in Morton. She'...
Apr 11, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria Papa John's robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a gunman robbed a Papa John's Pizza location near Bradley University Monday night. Police were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the restaurant near the corner of N. Bou...
Apr 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Blickenstaff's Peoria area properties for sale
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinois developer Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group is selling several local properties he renovated, then scaled back on, laying off workers in January. A pair of realtor websites...
Apr 11, 2023 (Courtesy Mark Davis)
Gas prices increase again in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to rise in the Peoria area. That's according to both AAA and GasBuddy.com. GasBuddy says their survey shows an 8.9 cent week-over-week price hike. Their gallon of un...
Apr 10, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Delavan man dies in rural Pekin car crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A Delavan resident is dead after an accident in rural Pekin Sunday evening. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley doesn't provide many details of the crash, except that Justin Defenbaug...
Apr 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
