Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages East Peoria house
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire at an East Peoria single-family house Thursday morning is under investigation. The East Peoria Fire Department says they responded to the fire in the area of Jo...
Mar 30, 2023 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Canton man arrested on child porn charges
CANTON, Ill. -- A Canton man has been arrested for alleged production and possession of child pornography. Illinois State Police took 24-year-old Jonathan E. Allard into custody on Wednesday after a w...
Mar 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois State Police)
Small plane crashes near Lincoln church
LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. -- A small plane went down near a church in Lincoln Wednesday night injuring an unknown number of people on the plane. Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch told 25 News the crash happened abou...
Mar 30, 2023 (Lincoln Daily News)
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorms hit Peoria-area Friday afternoon
UPDATED 3:31 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A tornado was confirmed near Eureka Friday afternoon as severe storms made their way through central Illinois. The National Weather Service reports the tornado was pai...
Mar 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
Credit union closing Peoria branch
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Peoria-area banking institution is closing one of its branches, giving technology as one of the reasons. Redbrand Credit Union says it's closing its Peoria location at the Shoppe...
Mar 29, 2023 (Redbrand Credit Union)
Polling place change ahead of next Tuesday's election
PEORIA, Ill. - A heads-up for some Peoria voters, with Election Day next week. The Peoria County Election Commission says if your polling place is Woodruff Career and Technical Center, that spot is be...
Mar 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man, wanted by police, arrested on numerous weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who was wanted by police is now in custody on numerous weapons-related charges. Police say 22-year-old Dwayne Daye was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a warrant, and is charg...
Mar 29, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria City/County Racial Justice and Equity Commission releases report
PEORIA, Ill. - "Not a flattering account." That's how one member of the Peoria Racial Justice and Equity Commission describes their first report, showing more than obvious disparities in virtually eve...
Mar 29, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'If it ain't broke, don't fix it': Secretly recorded videos show ComEd lobbyists discussing alleged bribery scheme
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Commonwealth Edison contract lobbyist Jay Doherty thought he was merely reminiscing and giving advice to a colleague and friend in a February 2019 meet...
Mar 29, 2023 Former ComEd lobbyists Mike McClain (left) and Jay Doherty are pictured in secretly recorded videos from 2019 that were shown to a jury Tuesday in their federal trial for accused bribery and corruption. (Screenshots from video presented as evidence in court)
South Peoria house fire deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials are investigating yet another arson -- this time to a home in South Peoria. Peoria firefighters went to a vacant home near Livingston and Grinnell around 5:20 Wedn...
Mar 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
