Category Archives: Local News
IL Secy of State tests negative for COVID-19 following week of isolation
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has reportedly tested negative for COVID-19 following an isolation period related to the illness. An updated news release issued today says fol...
Aug 31, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
CityLink teams with libraries for "Fine Free/Fare Free" event
PEORIA, Ill. -- Want a free ride? Just show your library card. CityLink on Thursday, September 1, is kicking off a partnership with area libraries, offering free fares through September 30. As long as...
Aug 31, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Video surfaces of brawl at East Peoria high school football game
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Another video getting passed around online is scaring parents, showing local high school students in a violent fight. It's the second recorded incident from Friday night, putting ...
Aug 31, 2022 (25 News)
PPD: Teens arrested for fight at Peoria Stadium
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have now arrested three teenagers after Peoria Stadium was evacuated during a brawl last Friday night. On Monday, a 17-year-old was arrested for mob action and transporte...
Aug 31, 2022 MWC-PPD
PPS: Students' must still "earn" eligibility to attend games after Friday brawl at PHS
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Public School officials have released more information about new and ongoing rules at interscholastic youth sporting events, including high school football games, following a vio...
Aug 30, 2022
Illinois, others get EPA waivers to preserve Midwest fuel supply
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a successful effort to grant the state an EPA waiver to protect the state's fuel supply in the wake of an oil refinery disaster earlier t...
Aug 30, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Pekin Township Building ready to start serving again
PEKIN, Ill. -- Good news for Pekin's senior citizens. The Pekin Township Building is just about ready to start serving meals again. "They have been desperately trying to get their kitchen remodeled an...
Aug 30, 2022
South Pekin home damaged from fire
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - A South Pekin home sustained damage following a late-morning fire Monday. South Pekin Fire officials say firefighters used the help of two other departments to put out a blaze on S...
Aug 29, 2022 liz west / CC
Indiana woman dead from Woodford County crash
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - An Indiana woman is dead following a weekend accident in Woodford County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Barbara Smith, 88, of New Haven, Indiana was taken to a Peori...
Aug 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Injuries and damage following morning War Memorial Drive accident
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Some traffic tickets have so far been issued in Monday morning's crash during the morning rush on War Memorial Drive in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the driver of t...
Aug 29, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
