Category Archives: Local News
PPD directed patrol nets firearms arrest near Lexington Hills Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. -- There were dozens of vehicle stops and nearly a dozen arrests, including one suspect taken into custody carrying a firearm outside the already troubled Lexington Hills Apartment comple...
May 13, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
West Peoria store employees cited for underage alcohol sales
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Three West Peoria businesses are in trouble for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. That's according to the Peoria County Sheriffs Department. They say employees of two Express Li...
May 13, 2022
Woman pleads guilty to lying about gun purchases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman admits to lying about gun purchases made for her partner. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Keena Faunterloy, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of Making False...
May 13, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pritzker signs crackdown on organized retail theft, sites links to violent crime
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker is signing a new law to crack down on organized retail theft in Illinois. Attorney General Kwame Raoul helped draft the legislation and says we're not talki...
May 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
Peoria man who represented himself acquitted of murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The second attempt by Peoria County prosecutors to try a local man for one of the first homicides of 2021 has been unsuccessful. Court records indicate a jury Thursday found Marvin Sand...
May 13, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads guilty to baby's death last year
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of his child. According to court records, Zachary Yeo pleaded guilty to a single count of first...
May 13, 2022 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria pub damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A fire late Thursday night caused an estimated $125,000 damage to a Peoria pub and restaurant. Peoria firefighters were called around 10:20 p.m. to Donnelly's Pub on N. Rockwood Drive,...
May 13, 2022 (25 News)
"Taste of Peoria" cancelled again
PEORIA, Ill. - A popular Peoria food fest will not happen for a third straight year. Peoria Area Community Events announced on social media Thursday the 2022 Taste of Peoria is being cancelled. This t...
May 13, 2022 (Peoria Area Community Events)
Fire damages West Peoria home
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters believe the cause of a blaze at a West Peoria home Thursday evening is electrical in nature. Crews were first called to a home on Kickapoo Terrace near Sterling...
May 12, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria firefighters back at former ADM plant for significant flare up
UPDATE: 3:09 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters are once again on the scene of a developing emergency at BioUrja Renewables near downtown Peoria. The response comes two days since flames caused ...
May 12, 2022 (Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
