Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Teens and younger arrested after carjacking and crash
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three teenagers and a youth younger than teenage are arrested after another reported carjacking in an area bordered by the West Bluff and Central Peo...
Mar 9, 2023 Sentaries Farmer (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois Supreme Court grants expedited appeal in assault weapons ban case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court agreed this week to fast-track the state's appeal of a Macon County judge's ruling against parts of a recently passed state ban o...
Mar 8, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
City Hall facade gets a facelift
PEORIA, Ill. - They're taking a few weeks off, but crews have in recent weeks worked to give at least part of Peoria City Hall a facelift. Some parts of the Lake Superior Sandstone exterior of the his...
Mar 8, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: South Peoria stabbing leaves one dead, suspect arrested; victim identified
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We know more about what ended up being a fatal stabbing in South Peoria Wednesday afternoon. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the victim as 34-year-old L...
Mar 8, 2023 (Peoria Co. Sheriff's Office)
Illinois high school students able to earn NIL money soon
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Student-athletes in Illinois will be able to make money on the side more easily next year. In December, the Illinois High School Association passed new by-laws related to Name Imag...
Mar 8, 2023 (Illinois High School Association)
Lawmakers work to meet Friday deadline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers began working through mountains of proposed legislation this week as a Friday deadline approaches for bills to pass out of their original...
Mar 8, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley alum nominated for an Academy Award
PEORIA, Ill. -- This Sunday marks the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, and a Bradley University alum may end up walking away with an Oscar. 25 News had the opportunity to speak with the producer behind o...
Mar 8, 2023 (25 News)
Old South Peoria school demolition begins
PEORIA, Ill. - After what some say is 50 years of virtual non-use, a more than 100-year-old former South Peoria school is finally meeting a wrecking ball. The city Wednesday began demolishing the form...
Mar 8, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local principal chosen as finalist for Illinois' Golden Apple Awards
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The principal at Peoria's Charter Oak Primary School is one of six finalists for Illinois' 2023 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Leadership. Principal Kathleen Lopez Rodriguez wa...
Mar 8, 2023 (goldenapple.org)
UPDATE: Celebrity sighting at Peoria bar and at Pekin restaurant
UPDATED 9:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - It's not every day you see a big time comedian and movie star in Central Illinois. But Will Ferrell was indeed in the area Tuesday, according to social media. The rest...
Mar 7, 2023 (Maquet's Rail House via Facebook)
