Category Archives: Local News
State: COVID numbers remain 'low'
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 cases and transmission are almost the same this past week, as they were the week prior, which the state considers to be relatively low. The Illinois Department of Public Healt...
Apr 01, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Little Rock picks up the pieces after deadly tornado pummels central Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas first responders will sift through rubble on Saturday, searching for more possible victims after a fierce tornado blasted through the Little Rock area, killi...
Apr 01, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Roof collapses at historic Rockford-area theatre during concert; severe weather blamed
BELVIDERE, Ill. - At least one person is dead and two dozen others were injured after what may have been a tornado caused the roof at a historic Rockford-area theatre to collapse Friday night. Authori...
Apr 01, 2023 (WIFR-TV via 25 News)
Mostly minimal damage following Peoria-area storms
UPDATED 7:41 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -Parts of Central Illinois got lucky, despite the National Weather Service calling for potentially dangerous severe weather Friday. A round of severe thunderstorms pelte...
Mar 31, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Death of Peoria woman found in Illinois River now a homicide investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of a Peoria woman found on the bank of the Illinois River last week is now being investigated as a homicide. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says after further investigati...
Mar 31, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Residents displaced by fire in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nearly two dozen residents have been displaced following a fire Thursday afternoon in downtown Peoria's New Hope Apartments. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun said fire broke out in th...
Mar 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Second arrest in fatal WIU off-campus shooting, while police seek one for questioning
MACOMB, Ill. - Police in Macomb making another arrest, and looking for another person, after the weekend shooting near Western Illinois University that left one person dead and ten others injured. Aut...
Mar 30, 2023 LEFT: Demond Wilson, Jr. RIGHT: Man police want to question about shooting. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Macomb Police)
Former ComEd CEO sought soft landing for Madigan chief of staff who was fired for sexual harassment
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois)- In the weeks following then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's forced ouster of his longtime chief of staff following allegations of sexual harassment, a h...
Mar 30, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
Creve Coeur home extensively damaged after fire
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - A home in Creve Couer suffered heavy damage from a mid-day fire Thursday. Creve Coeur Fire Chief Brad Gill says the home on Glendale Street had a lot of damage on the first floor, ...
Mar 30, 2023 (25 News)
17-year-old injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police says a teenager was injured in a shooting near Hightower Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Wednesday night. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after...
Mar 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
