Category Archives: Local News
IDHS moves county jail inmates who need mental health treatment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some sheriffs and State's Attorneys in Illinois are declaring a victory, now that inmates with mental health issues will be transferred from county jails to Illinois Department of ...
Aug 05, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man arrested on drug charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after he was caught allegedly trying to sell drugs. Peoria police say Mikeren Turner, 53, faces charges of both Possession and Distribution of a Controlled Substa...
Aug 05, 2022
Police: Masked suspects stick up pizza delivery driver in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. --We're learning about a reported robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Peoria this week. Police say it happened Thursday shortly after 11:40 a.m. The victim told officers he was deliveri...
Aug 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria prepares to welcome back the St. Jude runners
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a big weekend for St. Jude. The Memphis to Peoria St. Jude runners are making their way back home, and some of the longer satellite runs, from Chicago and St. Louis, are already h...
Aug 05, 2022 (stjuderuns.org)
Peoria home catches fire a second time overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant home on W. Garden Street in Peoria went up in flames Thursday night for the second time in less than two weeks. Fire Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said crews were called to the ...
Aug 05, 2022 liz west / CC
Judge finds man unfit to stand trial on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found unfit to stand trial after he allegedly killed his grandmother. A judge has ruled Cody Krause, 28, will spend the next year in a Department of Human Service ...
Aug 04, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria County officials: monitoring for monkeypox, but no cases
PEORIA, Ill. - There may be health emergencies both in Illinois and the United States over an outbreak of monkeypox, but local health officials aren't sounding an alarm for now. Peoria City/County Hea...
Aug 04, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty in 2021 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for the city's 22nd homicide last year, but not on the original charges he faced. Peoria County Court records indicate Orlando Alexander, 43, pleaded gui...
Aug 04, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker touts Illinois back to school sales tax holiday, starting Aug. 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker took part of Thursday to encourage Illinois families to take advantage of an opportunity to purchase school supplies and a much lower sales tax rate. "Our p...
Aug 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Fire damages East Peoria restaurant
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Fire has closed an East Peoria eatery, just prior to lunch time Thursday. East Peoria firefighters were called to "The Original Wonderdog" in Fondulac Plaza around 11:00 a.m. for w...
Aug 04, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
