Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Threat of severe weather Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The calendar may say it's still winter, but there's a chance of spring-like thunderstorms on Wednesday in Central Illinois. "We could see a couple of isolated severe cells after lunch ...
Feb 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Grand jury makes indictments in several local cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A grand jury in Peoria County filed charges in a number of cases during their weekly meeting Tuesday. The grand jury charged Val Burks (pictured above), 30, three times with Falsely Mak...
Feb 21, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker promotes early childhood education proposal in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker makes a return trip to Peoria -- this time to talk about one of the key proposals he made in his budget address last week. Pritzker used Valeska Hinton Early Childh...
Feb 21, 2023 (State of Illinois)
Woman accused of sending illegal drugs to prisons
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A Central Illinois woman is jailed after being accused of sending drugs to jail inmates. Police in Bloomington say Sandra Lewis, 77, was arrested on Friday, charged with Manufactur...
Feb 21, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Bloomington Police)
Man injured as dozens of shots fired on Peoria's south side
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was hospitalized after a shooting early Monday evening on Peoria's south side. Just after 5:30 p.m. Peoria Police responded to a pair of Shot Spotter alerts, one for 25 rounds an...
Feb 21, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Fire damages Peoria Heights storage units
UPDATED 9:02 P.M. PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A group of storage units were damaged by a fire Monday afternoon in Peoria Heights. The fire happened just before 2:30 p.m. at storage units along East Mariett...
Feb 20, 2023 (25 News)
Woman dead after Woodford County crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Low Point woman was pronounced dead over the weekend in a Peoria hospital after a Sunday morning crash there. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the condition of Edith Whitfield...
Feb 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria garage fire deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that broke out in a garage in South Peoria is said to be an arson. That's according to Peoria Firefighters, who say they discovered the two-car garage near South Livingston and W...
Feb 20, 2023 Midwest Communications
Two suspects wanted by police for recent homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have identified two persons of interest in connection with a fatal shooting more than a week ago -- and they want your help finding them. Police say they have identified T...
Feb 20, 2023 Torreon Carey (left) and Donte Agnew, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
Victim in fatal accident near Brimfield identified
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a late-Saturday night crash near Brimfield. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Beverly Furlong of Brimfi...
Feb 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
