Category Archives: Local News
Fire at Planned Parenthood deemed arson
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. Statement from President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois Jennifer Welch: "On Sunday evening the Peoria Planned Parenthood Health Center was vandalized when someone threw a ...
Jan 16, 2023 (25 News)
Man arrested on weapons, traffic charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say one man is in custody after trying to flee from officers, but almost returning to the scene of the crime. According to Peoria Police Public Information Officer Semone ...
Jan 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Vehicle fleeing scene of overdose ends up involved in fatal crash
UPDATED 7:56 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say an accident late Sunday morning on U.S. 150 is fatal. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says it started as a police chase. Peoria County ...
Jan 15, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pritzker to participate in World Economic Forum
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is in Switzerland for few days. Pritzker has been invited to speak at and participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he said Friday befor...
Jan 15, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested on weapons, other charges after domestic dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Friday afternoon after a domestic dispute police believe happened earlier in the day. Titus Leonard, 22, is in jail on charges of Domestic Battery, Interferenc...
Jan 15, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -At least five people were killed and 15 wounded in a suspected Islamist militant bomb attack during a Sunday service at a Protestant church in the eastern...
Jan 15, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Fire damages West Bluff home
PEORIA, Ill. - A candle is believed to have caused a fire that caused damage to a West Bluff home Saturday, not far from the Bradley University campus. Peoria firefighters say that was the cause of th...
Jan 15, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ACA Marketplace open enrollment ends Sunday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you need health insurance, Sunday, January 15 is the deadline for choosing a plan through the A-C-A Marketplace. More than 330,000 Illinois residents have selected coverage fro...
Jan 14, 2023
Multi-million dollar renovations planned for Pekin High School
PEKIN, Ill. - Numerous projects are being planned for this summer at Pekin High School. Superintendent Danielle Owens recently laid out what work will be done at the school. Owens say the biggest proj...
Jan 13, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker signs reproductive rights expansion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday dur...
Jan 13, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks Friday in Chicago after signing a bill into law that expands access to abortion and gender-affirming health care, and also gives legal protections to health care providers who perform those services. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com/Capitol News Illinois)
