Category Archives: Local News
I-DOT: Buckle up and drive sober this holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to buckle up and drive sober this Thanksgiving holiday....
Nov 22, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Four-car accident injures one
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A big rush-hour accident on the East Peoria side of the Cedar Street bridge resulted in a traffic backup almost all the way to Creve Coeur. East Peoria Police say the crash happene...
Nov 21, 2022 (25 News)
Luft will not run for Pekin mayor
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Mayor Mark Luft is hanging up his political hat. Luft -- who lost his seat in the Illinois House in the June primary, and who lost his City Manager in a recent vote by the council ...
Nov 21, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chief: New Special Response Team vehicle on the way
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says a new vehicle for the department's Special Response Team is one step closer to being on the streets here. Echevarria says he and other staff wen...
Nov 21, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man gets federal prison on weapons charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for a little more than three years after pleading guilty in July to a federal weapons charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says a judge gave Datreon Linwoo...
Nov 21, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail March 2022)
Update: Saturday's homicide victim likely died within seconds
PEORIA, Ill. - The name of the victim in Peoria's 24th homicide has been revealed. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Elsa Veronica Quintero-Barriga, 50, was pronounced dead not long after the S...
Nov 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria fire apparatus being redeployed; chief says it's a good thing
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters at a couple stations will have some different options in terms of equipment with the start of the new year. Chief Shawn Sollberger says two stations will have what a...
Nov 21, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
OSF Exec. says rise in RSV and flu is a "concern" for now
PEORIA, Ill. -- While national leaders with the Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have pleaded for emergency government assistance due to a spike in respiratory di...
Nov 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATED: Faulty equipment blamed for large Washington boil notice
UPDATED: Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, 2:36 p.m. WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Residents in Washington can be hopeful that a boil water advisory will be lifted in time for traditional meal prep on Thanksgiving Day. A ...
Nov 21, 2022
Downtown water main break fixed, valve repair continues
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water says the huge water main break that occurred Saturday night in downtown Peoria is now fixed. Officials say the work on the break was completed at Jefferson and H...
Nov 21, 2022 (Rick Hirschmann/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
