Category Archives: Local News
PPD: Officer injured in overnight crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer suffered minor injuries after being involved in a crash early Monday morning. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said just before 1:30 a.m., a car ran a red...
May 30, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATED: One person found dead at Summer Camp festival
UPDATE: 5:54 p.m. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - We're learning more about a man who was found dead at Summer Camp this past Memorial Day weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the deceased indi...
May 30, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Boat fire strikes Illinois River marina, injuring more than a dozen
SENECA, Ill. -- More than a dozen people are hurt following a boat fire reported not far down the Illinois River from Peoria this weekend. Illinois State Police reports their officers responded 4:26 p...
May 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Honoring those who served on Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - If it were up to Vietnam veteran Alfred Burnett, a member of Peoria American Legion Post 2, you might not be compelled to take a vacation or have a party this weekend, because it's Memo...
May 28, 2022 joey zanotti / CC
Peoria, Tazewell Counties remain at "high" COVID spread levels, Woodford County drops to "low"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois declined in the last week, but the Illinois Department of Public Health says the number of counties with "high" community spread went u...
May 28, 2022 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Man hit by excavator hospitalized in Peoria
UTICA, Ill. - A man working in LaSalle County has been brought to a hospital in Peoria after authorities say he was hit by an excavator. 25 News says the accident happened late Friday morning in Utica...
May 27, 2022 Audrey / CC
Intoxicated suspect arrested after striking victim at Peoria County 'saloon'
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- We're learning about a violent disturbance at a so-called saloon in rural Peoria County. Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 61-year-old David Baker for allegedly punching a vi...
May 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Sollberger: Around-the-clock fire watch at BioUrja will end Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - All the silos damaged as a result of an explosion at the BioUrja plant in Peoria more than two weeks ago are almost a memory. Peoria Interim Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says all the lea...
May 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man gets federal prison time for lying about gun purchase
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man could have received as much as ten years in federal prison for a felony weapons charge he pleaded guilty to. Instead, the U.S. Attorney's Office says a federal judge Thursd...
May 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Creatures and light the subjects of new museum exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - You may just "light up" about a new exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum that also could "bug" you. An exhibit opens Saturday called "Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence." R...
May 27, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
