Category Archives: Local News
Pekin City Council approves resolution to federal lawsuit over sidewalks
PEKIN, Ill. - A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed against the City of Pekin over allegedly not making city sidewalks handicapped-accessible under the Americans with Disabilit...
May 24, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One shot, wounded in overnight drive-by shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person is injured in the wake of a reported drive-by shooting in Peoria last night. Police say the Shotspotter alert went out around 11 p.m. in an area of North Peoria Avenue and E...
May 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man pleads not guilty in death of Knox County Sheriffs Deputy
CAMBRIDGE, Ill. - A man from Granite City has officially entered a not guilty plea and a demand for a jury trial, after being charged with the murder of a sheriffs deputy from Knox County late last mo...
May 23, 2022 (Illinois State Police)
Indiana man dead following rural Tazewell County crash
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A man from Indiana is dead following a Saturday night crash in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says James Bachman, 76, of Fisher, Indiana died, based o...
May 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
Who was that masked man making kids at OSF Children's Hospital smile?
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a bird...it's a plane...it's a...window cleaner? But not just any window cleaners. These are super heroes. The employees of Clearly Windows, after a COVID-19-caused hiatus, are onc...
May 23, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Oak Ridge Boys to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A group that could arguably be called country music royalty is coming to Peoria to perform close to Thanksgiving. The Oak Ridge Boys will perform in the Peoria Civic Center Theatre Nove...
May 23, 2022 cdnmusicdiva / CC
Gladys Knight to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill - A music and R&B legend will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center in a couple months. Gladys Knight will be performing at the Peoria Civic Center Theatre on August 2, with tickets goi...
May 23, 2022 (From a Peoria Civic Center news release)
Motorcyclist killed in Sunday crash in Pekin -- Police
PEKIN, Ill. -- We're learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash over the weekend in Pekin. Local police say they responded to the area of Veterans Drive and Towerline Road near the Walmart, where th...
May 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
Crews make progress toward demolition at BioUrja Renewables site
PEORIA, Ill. -- "It's been a very fluid situation" It's the characterization used by Interim Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger throughout the BioUrja plant failure, explosion and fire response which ...
May 23, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: One killed in Bigelow Street shooting - Peoria Police
PEORIA, Ill. -- Authorities are releasing more details about a man shot and killed in Peoria over the weekend, as well as details about a sustained effort to save the man's life. Authorities say Peori...
May 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
