Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages South Peoria home Friday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Four adults have been displaced after a fire at a South Peoria home Friday afternoon. Peoria Fire says crews arrived to find heavy smoke from the house at Antoinette and Laramie just af...
Dec 06, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Works preparing for weekend winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Department of Public Works is monitoring an approaching winter system forecasted to bring snow to the area this weekend. Nick McMillion, Communications Specialist for Peoria ...
Dec 05, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois educators hope to tackle thorny issue of math competence
Story Summary Students in Illinois, like their peers nationwide, tend to score lower in math than they do in reading and writing. The trend has been consistent for years, leading some to question whet...
Dec 05, 2025 Illinois is in the process of creating a “numeracy plan” aimed at boosting math scores. (Credit: Aaron Lefler, via Unsplash)
Residents back at New Hopes Apartments after fire earlier in week
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents of Peoria's New Hope Apartments are able to return to their apartments to stay out of the frigid cold weather. The supportive housing facility was condemned Thursday morning a...
Dec 05, 2025 (25 News)
93.3 The Drive "Drive for Miracles" radiothon takes place with 25th edition on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - An annual fundraiser for the OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria is hitting the quarter-century mark. The 25th Annual "Drive for Miracles" Radiothon on sister station 93.3 The...
Dec 05, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
DOJ lawyer says it's 'wrong to allege' Operation Midway Blitz is over
Article Summary A Department of Justice attorney told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration's Chicago-area "Operation Midway Blitz" immigration enforcement campaign isn't over. The la...
Dec 05, 2025 A Border Patrol agent wears a body camera in Chicago in October. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Man sentenced to 45 years for shooting Big Al's bouncer
Peoria, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next 45 years in prison for shooting a bouncer at Big Al's nightclub in downtown Peoria in 2023. Tywahnn K. Tillman, 37, was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years ...
Dec 04, 2025 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
Washington woman pleads not guilty in sexual assault case involving minor
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A Washington woman has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from alleged sexual encounters with a minor. 25 News reports that Robyn Polston, 43, was charged with criminal sex...
Dec 04, 2025 TAZEWELL COUNTY
Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign continues into second month
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign is now entering its second month. Major Heath Sells says the campaign has reached about 40% of its $2 million goal for 2025, which is...
Dec 04, 2025 Peoria Salvation Army Major Heath Sells speaks at Northwoods Mall during the kickoff of the 2025 Tree of Lights campaign. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sorensen calls for Hegseth to step down
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Peoria area's Democratic Congressman wants to see the Secretary of War leave the role one way or another. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen of Moline released a statement ...
Dec 04, 2025 Congressman Eric Sorensen speaks at the Illinois Farmers Union Annual Meeting in East Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
