Category Archives: Local News
Free screenings available on National Mammogram Day
PEORIA, Ill. - The third Friday of October each year is designated as National Mammogram Day. Carle Health Greater Peoria Oncology is offering free, walk-in cancer screenings on Friday, October 20, as...
Oct 20, 2023 Navy Medicine
Hagaman returns for one more season on the ice for Peoria Rivermen
PEORIA, Ill. - He apparently had a change of heart. After retiring from the ice last year and becoming an Associate Head Coach of the Peoria Rivermen, the team says Alec Hagaman will instead step down...
Oct 19, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New Lincoln mural officially installed
PEORIA, Ill. - It's up. The new Abraham Lincoln mural is up at the spot the old mural resided...outside the Peoria County Courthouse. The county says work was completed Wednesday on "Abraham Blue 2023...
Oct 19, 2023 (Ken Zurski/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Lottery brings in big bucks in most recent fiscal year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Record jackpots led to record income for the Illinois Lottery. The Lottery on Thursday reported its numbers from the 2023 fiscal year, which ended on June 30th. They include a reco...
Oct 19, 2023 (Illinois Lottery)
Pritzker launches self-funded nationwide abortion rights advocacy organization
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker is self-funding the launch of a new political advocacy group aimed at fighting for abortion rights across the U.S. - an extension of sizable donations he's b...
Oct 19, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in a file photo. On Wednesday, he announced he will self-fund a new political advocacy group aimed at fighting for abortion rights across the U.S. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
More in Peoria speaking out about Israel-Hamas war
PEORIA, Ill. - Another rally in Peoria amid the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. One reportedly happened over the weekend - another Wednesday, near Campustown and Bradley University. The conc...
Oct 19, 2023 (25 News)
One injured in car crash near Peoria Airport
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to the hospital after a car crash not far from the Peoria International Airport. Illinois State Police say it happened on Dirksen Parkway around 7:45 a.m. Thursday ...
Oct 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
Portions of central Illinois still experiencing some level of drought
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The days have gotten cooler with a little more rain falling, but portions of central Illinois remain dry. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows nearly all of...
Oct 19, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Fire leaves one dead, firefighter injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -One person is dead after a fire in Peoria Thursday morning. Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says a passerby went to a nearby fire station just before 7 a.m., saying there was smoke co...
Oct 19, 2023 Peoria Fire and Police on scene of a fatal fire Thursday, Oct. 19 on N. Gale. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Park District's "Lakeview Park After Dark" is back through Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District is ready to get you spooked, at least a little bit, with "Lakeview Park After Dark" beginning Thursday night. The Park District's Emily Cahill tells WMBD News i...
Oct 19, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
A spaceship floats above cars at the Peoria Park District's "Lakeview Park After Dark" event.
