Category Archives: Local News
Fire Department and Red Cross provide free smoke detectors
PEORIA, Ill. - Some Peoria residents got something that local officials argue they desperately needed Thursday, thanks to the Peoria Fire Department and the American Red Cross. Volunteers Thursday too...
Mar 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Juveniles among those arrested during latest Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - "Please know where your children are at all times!" That's the message from Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria, after juveniles are suspected of committing crimes during what turned ou...
Mar 16, 2023 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Murder charges dropped after dead body was found in storage locker
GALESBURG, Ill. - A rural Knox County woman no longer faces murder charges after a dead body was found inside a storage locker last October. A Knox County judge Thursday dismissed the four most seriou...
Mar 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Bill in State House to make it easier to test for fentanyl
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill making its way through the Illinois House is aimed at making it easier to detect fentanyl. The bill would allow for fentanyl test strips be sold over-the-counter by pharmaci...
Mar 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell Co. Republican Party)
Officials concerned about animal tranquilizer being used with Fentanyl in overdose cases
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a newer component of overdose deaths locally involving fentanyl. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the animal tranquilizer "Xylazine" was linked to more than 40 percent o...
Mar 16, 2023 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Robotics competition to take place at Bradley this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Warriors made of steel and wires will battle at Bradley University's Renaissance Coliseum this weekend. The university is hosting the FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional Competitio...
Mar 16, 2023 (Bradley University)
I-DOT wants you to celebrate St. Paddy's Day Weekend responsibly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police and local law enforcement will be out in force over the St. Patrick's Day Weekend. They will be looking for speeders, drunk and distracted drivers, and those...
Mar 16, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shots fired at deputies overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to a ShotSpotter alert in area of W. Ann and S. Oregon in Peoria around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, indicating 4 shots fired. Once ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Arson suspected in Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews were called to a home on Peoria's south side Wednesday night on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says two people were home when fire broke out ju...
Mar 16, 2023 (25 News)
City Council denies solar farm project
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is turning down a project that would have seen a solar farm in a residential district. The proposed location for the farm was along Reservoir Boulevard not far f...
Mar 15, 2023 (From Peoria City Council documents)
