Category Archives: Local News
PPD asks for the public's help in finding shooting suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 10 p.m. on Monday, May 30, to the area of N. Wisconsin and N. Maryland Avenues regarding a ShotSpotter alert with 3 rounds fired. Officers were adv...
Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria Police)
Durbin speaks on Senate floor about Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Dick Durbin says it's no coincidence that the anniversary of the Watergate Hotel break-in happened 50 years ago this week, as public hearings continue on the January 6th, 20...
Jun 14, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS to reinstate "zero" grades in some cases
PEORIA, Ill. - The grade structure is changing in Peoria Public Schools. "We feel like we have tweaked a few things. We didn't do a wholesale change. But, we adjusted some things that really seemed li...
Jun 14, 2022 (From a Peoria Public Schools graphic)
State provides tips for beating the heat
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Almost the entire State of Illinois, with the exception of the Quincy area, is in an Excessive Heat Warning through Wednesday night, with highs all over the state near 100, and hea...
Jun 14, 2022 (National Weather Service)
Caterpillar moving headquarters out of Illinois
UPDATED 12:53 p.m. DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar is once again giving the State of Illinois the equivalent of a cold shoulder. More than five years after Big Yellow announced it was moving its corpora...
Jun 14, 2022 Caterpillar's former downtown Peoria headquarters (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former VP Mike Pence to speak at Lincoln Day Dinner
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Vice President Mike Pence will be in Peoria next week. Pence will be the keynote speaker for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, put on by Tazewell and Peoria County Republicans. "Th...
Jun 14, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
Illinois increases investment in Early Childhood programs
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is touting new investments in Early Childhood programs. The governor said on Monday that the changes will help provide affordable childcare to working famil...
Jun 14, 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Peoria has cooling centers open to everyone
PEORIA, Ill. -- With temperatures in upper 80s and 90s into next week, the City of Peoria is reminding residents that there are cooling centers available. The lobby of the Peoria Police Department, at...
Jun 13, 2022 Bev Sykes / CC
Critically injured motorcyclist dies at OSF despite 'aggressive' care and treatment
PEORIA, Ill. -- An Illinois crash victim reportedly died after being flown by emergency helicopter to OSF Healthcare in Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is releasing details today in the de...
Jun 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker applauds bi-partisan gun deal in U.S. Senate
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he applauds the bi-partisan Senate gun safety deal in Washington, but that more could be done. He says Illinois has tighter gun safety measure...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
