Category Archives: Local News
A big donation to the Peoria Riverfront Museum will help tell the story of a history-making Peoria native. Here's how
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum will start an exhibit next month thanks in part to what will be a huge donation. The family of Annie Malone - known as the first Black female millionaire th...
Aug 9, 2023 Family members of Annie Malone, and officials from the Peoria Riverfront Museum, gather Wednesday morning under a quilt of Malone on display at the museum. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A Peorian is arrested in connection to an Atlanta-area cold case
PORTERDALE, Ga. - Authorities near Atlanta say two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a teen reported missing seven years ago - and one of those was arrested in Peoria. 25 News ...
Aug 9, 2023 Katelyn Goble (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Concrete truck overturns during the morning rush hour. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about a concrete delivery truck that overturned in Peoria during the morning rush hour Wednesday. Peoria Firefighters were called to Darst and Krause around 7:45 a.m...
Aug 9, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera via 25 News)
Peoria Council approves Riverfront project with $26 million estimated price tag
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's "front door" for westward travelers is set for a facelift after a Tuesday night council vote. Peoria City Council unanimously voted to add a proposal revitalizing the...
Aug 9, 2023 (Terra Engineering)
Durbin expresses concern over shortages of cancer treatment drugs, and how it's impacting Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Senator Dick Durbin says the government has responded appropriately, for now, to a problem he says has been brewing since before the recent spate of supply chain disruptions. Durbin met...
Aug 8, 2023 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) meets with Carle Health executives Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Rivian lifts 2023 EV production target, reassures on liquidity
UPDATED 5:23 P.M. (Reuters) - Rivian Automotive on Tuesday raised its full-year production forecast and its chief executive said the electric vehicle maker has enough money to last it through 2025 as ...
Aug 8, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian name and logo are shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/file photo
Interstate 74 offramp open again after overturned tanker
EDWARDS, Ill. - An Interstate 74 off-ramp in Peoria was closed for the better part of five hours due to an overturned tanker truck. Not much is known about what happened to cause the tanker to overtur...
Aug 8, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Office)
Fire does damage to several vehicles on a tow truck lot
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in a vehicle at a tow truck company's lot apparently did minimal damage. That's according to Peoria Firefighters, who say they saw thick black smoke at first coming from the "Ina...
Aug 8, 2023 (25 News)
A man is sentenced to 20-plus years in federal prison for meth distribution
PEORIA, Ill. - One of five people arrested on federal drug charges last year will be spending the next several decades in prison. A federal judge in Peoria Monday sentenced Juan Bernal, 54, to 252 mon...
Aug 8, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ameren wants your help as it plans to upgrade the power grid. Here's how
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Ameren is in the early stages of planning for what could be major upgrades to its portion of the electrical grid, and they need your help. They're holding a series of open houses t...
Aug 8, 2023 Drew Beahm, Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois Project Manager, displays a map of the proposed power grid upgrades impacting Peoria County, during an open house Tuesday at the Bartonville American Legion. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
