Category Archives: Local News
Gun store break-in nets federal prison time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to breaking in to a local gun shop will go to federal prison for most of the next five years. The U.S. Attorney's office says Corey B...
Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man gets federal prison sentence for series of robberies, jail escape
PEORIA, Ill. - A Mechanicsburg man who robbed several businesses, ending with one in Elmwood, will go to federal prison for the better part of 12 years for his crimes. The U.S. Attorney's office says ...
Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Park District Police offer boater safety tips for 4th of July weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria/East Peoria riverfront and Illinois River are expected to be full of boats this holiday weekend. Fon du Lac Park District Police Chief Mike Johnson said it's important ...
Jul 01, 2022 Michael Gaylard / CC
Man arrested for deadly shooting Tuesday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police have made an arrest in connection with Peoria's 10 homicide of the year on Tuesday. PPD says on Thursday, the department's Criminal Investigations Division and Special Investiga...
Jul 01, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
State Fire Marshal's Office promotes fireworks safety over the holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office is urging the public to leave fireworks to the professionals this 4th of July weekend. Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz says fireworks ...
Jul 01, 2022 poppet with a camera / CC
Police arrest man for mid-June armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've caught the man they believe is responsible for an armed robbery more than two weeks ago. Police say Valen Williams, 45, was arrested Thursday afternoon and fac...
Jun 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Teen gets 50 years for 2020 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager could spend as much as 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a charge of murder. Peoria County Court records indicate Tashon Stewart, 18, was handed tha...
Jun 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Trials for parents of dead eight-year-old boy delayed until at least January
PEORIA, Ill. - The case of the parents charged with the murder of their eight-year-old son will not go to trial this year. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate following a conference to Thursd...
Jun 30, 2022 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
'Art & Disruption' part of new Peoria Riverfront Museum exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - The newest exhibit to hit the galleries at the Peoria Riverfront Museum opens on Saturday. It's called "American Revolutionaries: Art and Disruption" -- 166 different pieces of art that...
Jun 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
"Jaws of Life" used in Route 6 crash
UPDATED 2:53 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say four people were injured when a car rolled over late Thursday morning. Fire crews responded to the southbound lanes of Route 6 near War Memoria...
Jun 30, 2022 (25 News)
