Category Archives: Local News
Dr. Derrick Booth now working with UnityPlace
PEORIA, Ill. - We now know where a longtime official with Peoria Public Schools went when he stepped down from his role there. UnityPoint Health says Doctor Derrick Booth is joining UnityPlace as its ...
Feb 13, 2023 Marvin Jordan (left) and Dr. Derrick Booth (Peoria Public Schools)
Man confronts burglars in East Bluff home, police investigating
PEORIA, Ill. - An East Bluff homeowner says he fended off several people who had broken in Sunday afternoon. That's according to Peoria Police, who say a burglary in progress was reported just after 1...
Feb 13, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police investigate potential drive-by shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for someone who opened fire in the city's East Bluff area Sunday afternoon. Police say they responded to an area of Archer and Arcadia around 1:39 p.m. Sunday ...
Feb 13, 2023 Midwest Communications
Local gas prices drop a little
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria are probably not falling as much as most of us would like, but they are falling nonetheless. GasBuddy.com says their survey of Peoria-area gas stations indicate...
Feb 13, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
CAT/Chiefs extend naming rights to Dozer Park
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Chiefs and Caterpillar have agreed to a five-year extension on Dozer Park stadium naming rights. CAT obtained naming rights to the ballpark in 2013, calling it Dozer Park in ...
Feb 13, 2023 Peoria Chiefs
Man hospitalized with stab wound in neck
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is in the hospital after being stabbed in the neck early Sunday morning. That's according to Peoria Police. They say they got the call just before 3:30 a.m., when the man was...
Feb 12, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Man shot in head Saturday night at apartment complex
UPDATED 10:34 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting Saturday night near a Peoria apartment complex has left one person injured. It happened just before 7:00 p.m. close to Lexington Hills Apartments on Oakcre...
Feb 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
South Peoria residents opposed to proposed senior housing complex
PEORIA, Ill. - South Peoria residents are less than pleased with what they say is a city proposal to build a senior living complex in their neighborhood. There is no such plan on the City Council's ag...
Feb 12, 2023 (25 News)
CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker preparing for fifth state budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- Gov. JB Pritzker's second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state budget to lawmakers in the Gener...
Feb 12, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Part of Peoria street re-named for retired Manual band director
PEORIA, Ill. - A retired high school band director in Peoria is the latest to receive his own street name in the city. A ceremony was held Friday to rename the area around Ann and Griswold near Manual...
Feb 10, 2023 (City of Peoria)
