Category Archives: Local News
Four juveniles face charges for attempted car break-in
PEORIA, Ill. - Four more juveniles are in trouble with Peoria Police for allegedly trying to commit a carjacking over the weekend. Officers responded to a call of four juveniles attempting to break in...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 1003 WMBD)
Man faces charges for February stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was arrested Friday night in connection with a stabbing last month, but jail records say he's already out of custody. Police say Johnny Jackson, 50, was found at...
Mar 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley University to end COVID-19 vaccine requirement
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 vaccine requirements at Bradley University are soon coming to an end. 25 News reports the requirement will end on May 11th for students, faculty, and staff. The university says...
Mar 27, 2023 (Bradley University)
Native American history, repatriation measures advance in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In an effort to increase recognition of indigenous history and culture, lawmakers are considering measures to repatriate Native American remains and teach N...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Authorities identify arrested and victim in off-campus WIU shooting
MACOMB, Ill. - We're learning more about the, so far, one person arrested after a weekend shooting near Western Illinois University in Macomb. Police say Donnell Williams, 23 of Macomb, is the one bei...
Mar 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/McDonough County Sheriffs Department)
Peoria-area gas prices increase slightly
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area gas prices are slowly trickling up. GasBuddy reports that the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the area is around $3.65. The average is 2.4 cents higher than last we...
Mar 27, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Washington mayor discusses Mississippi's recovery process
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Having gone through an EF-4 tornado on Nov. 17, 2013, Washington, Illinois Mayor Gary Manier knows the recovery process for Mississippi and Alabama will be long after deadly tornad...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arrest made in fatal WIU off-campus party shooting
MACOMB, Ill. - Police in Macomb say they've made one arrest in connection with a shooting during an early Saturday party at off-campus housing connected to Western Illinois University. Macomb Police s...
Mar 26, 2023 Midwest Communications
Remembering Tessa Sutton
DUNLAP, Ill. - You might say it was a difficult week this past week for local sports -- or, more specifically, those who followed and loved their student athletes. Drew Fehr and Dylan Bazzell -- Prair...
Mar 26, 2023 (Facebook/Team Tessa - #StrongerTogether)
Indoor vaping, cat declawing could be banned under recently passed bills
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Senate passed 68 bills this week while the House had advanced 284 as of Friday morning with hundreds more to go before their adjournment for th...
Mar 26, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
