Category Archives: Local News
Doobie Brothers coming to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Coming this summer, the Doobie Brothers. The legendary rock band, including Michael McDonald, is scheduled to perform in the Peoria Civic Center Arena on Saturday, June 24th. Their man...
Feb 27, 2023 (Peoria Civic Center)
Global teachers training and teaching at PPS
PEORIA, Ill. -- 22 new teachers who moved to Central Illinois from overseas are learning the ins and outs of the American school system, with the help of Peoria District 150. Peoria Public Schools wor...
Feb 27, 2023 (25 News)
Large crowds turn up at Civic Center for two events Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Civic Center was the center of attention in Peoria on Sunday. The facility hosted two big events on Sunday. In the Exhibit Hall was the final day of the 2023 Official Spring Home Sh...
Feb 26, 2023 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
UPDATED - Bradley Braves win Missouri Valley Conference Championship
UPDATED 8:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - After nearly three decades, the Bradley Braves are regular season champions. The Braves men's basketball team won the outright Missouri Valley Conference title on Sund...
Feb 26, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Residents opposed to demolishing two Pekin buildings
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County residents are speaking out about a county plan to take claim of, and possible demonlish, two downtown Pekin buildings. They're on the same block in downtown Pekin -- the ...
Feb 26, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Blockbuster regular season finale Sunday for Bradley Men's Basketball is SOLD OUT
UPDATED: 12:10 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - It's almost game time! In what could be the biggest game in years for the Bradley University men's basketball team, the Braves are playing rival Drake Sunday for wha...
Feb 26, 2023 (Bradley University)
Man jailed after Friday shooting, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - We now know who may have been responsible for a shooting at a house Friday, and who later chased police until officers stopped him on a busy Peoria roadway. Peoria Police say the shooti...
Feb 26, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
Peoria Firefighter promoted to Division Chief
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Firefighter is once again helping the department make history. Chief Shawn Sollberger says in a news release that Lore Baxter has been promoted to Division Chief of Operations....
Feb 25, 2023 (Submitted by Peoria Fire Department)
Police on lookout after groups declared 'National Day of Hate'
ILLINOIS (25 News Now) - Illinois State Police are urging the public to be vigilant because of online chatter about a so-called "National Day of Hate" on Saturday. Neo-Nazi anti-Semite groups are enco...
Feb 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria, Tazewell Counties at elevated COVID spread again
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 transmission is once again moving upward -- at least in two of the three Tri-Counties. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 20 counties are at elevated levels of comm...
Feb 25, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
