Category Archives: Local News
I-DOT wants you to celebrate St. Paddy's Day Weekend responsibly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police and local law enforcement will be out in force over the St. Patrick's Day Weekend. They will be looking for speeders, drunk and distracted drivers, and those...
Mar 16, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shots fired at deputies overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to a ShotSpotter alert in area of W. Ann and S. Oregon in Peoria around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, indicating 4 shots fired. Once ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Arson suspected in Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews were called to a home on Peoria's south side Wednesday night on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says two people were home when fire broke out ju...
Mar 16, 2023 (25 News)
City Council denies solar farm project
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is turning down a project that would have seen a solar farm in a residential district. The proposed location for the farm was along Reservoir Boulevard not far f...
Mar 15, 2023 (From Peoria City Council documents)
Judge dismisses lawsuit by Peoria Co. Auditor, but suit could be amended
PEORIA, Ill. - A lawsuit questioning the validity of the referendum on last November's election ballot that led to what was supposed to be the closure of the Peoria County Auditor's office has been to...
Mar 15, 2023 (Peoria County)
Civic Center to City of Peoria: Thank you
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center is giving a thank-you card of sorts to its next door neighbor. The Civic Center Wednesday afternoon issued a statement after the City Council Tuesday night appro...
Mar 15, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker, other governors want to hear pharmacies' stances on abortion pill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker is joining mostly Democratic governors from other states in urging pharmacies to make clear their stance on making abortion pills available to customers. This,...
Mar 15, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his state budget address Wednesday from the Illinois House chamber in Springfield. (Pool photo by Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune)
Peoria home heavily damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday to a fire on E. Gift, between Seneca Place and Virginia Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says they found heavy smoke a...
Mar 15, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria celebrates St. Patrick's Day with parade Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Patrick Society of Peoria will hold its annual St. Patrick's Day parade this Friday, March 17, starting at 11 a.m. The parade will start at the intersection of Monroe at Willia...
Mar 15, 2023 (St. Patrick's Society of Peoria Facebook)
City Council approves $20.5 million in bonds for Civic Center upgrades
PEORIA, Ill. - The puck is now on the Peoria Civic Center's side of the ice. The Peoria City Council Tuesday night approved issuing $20.5 million in bonds to help finance projects the Civic Center did...
Mar 15, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
