Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County mailing out permanent vote by mail applications
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois voters can now apply to vote by mail permanently. But, Peoria County Election officials are concerned that a recent mailer from the Voter Participation Center, a non-profit or...
Aug 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD investigating Monday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Shooting in Peoria Monday morning has left a man seriously injured. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth said officers were called to W. John Gwynn Avenue, near W. Martin Luther King...
Aug 15, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three people injured in shooting outside Six Flags theme park in Illinois
(Reuters) - Three people were injured following gunfire outside the Six Flags theme park in Gurnee, Illinois on Sunday, the Gurnee Police Department said. Two victims were transported to the area medi...
Aug 15, 2022 People walk towards emergency vehicles after a shooting at the Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, U.S., August 14, 2022, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Jack/via REUTERS
Peoria business damaged by fire Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 10:45 p.m. Sunday to a commercial fire near the intersection of N. Knoxville and McClure. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said first crews on...
Aug 15, 2022 liz west / CC
UPDATED: Two dead after single engine plane crash-lands on road in Hanna City
UPDATED 10:59 p.m.: PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood confirms to WMBD News that two are dead following the earlier reported crash landing of a single engine plane in Hanna City. The...
Aug 13, 2022 (Courtesy: Charles Picton)
PPS Board: Recent dress code survey not officially sanctioned
PEORIA, Ill. -- Some school leaders in Peoria are going out of their way both to question and, perhaps to defend PPS District 150's current dress code. Peoria Public Schools Board member Anni Reinking...
Aug 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Woman goes to prison for involuntary manslaughter of infant daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin woman will go to prison for nine years after pleading guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of her young daughter. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Angel Vanduker,...
Aug 12, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria man convicted of federal gun, drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury has convicted a Peoria man of drug and weapons charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Daryl McGhee, 33, was found guilty Wednesday of Possession of Cocaine with Intent ...
Aug 12, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
County Board approves referendum question about County Auditor
PEORIA, Ill. - The battle between the Peoria County Board and Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas continues. County Board members Thursday night voted 15-2 in favor of placing another question on the...
Aug 12, 2022 (Peoria County)
Woodford County reports case of monkeypox
EUREKA, Ill. - A local case of monkeypox has been confirmed. That's according to the Woodford County Health Department. Officials call it a "probable" case in a single resident who otherwise wasn't id...
Aug 12, 2022 NIAID / CC
