Category Archives: Local News
A sea of green returns to downtown Peoria for St. Patrick's Day Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Almost 150 floats and thousands of people -- mostly wearing green -- took to downtown Peoria Thursday for the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade, put on by the Saint Patrick Society of P...
Mar 17, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
AAA: Local gas prices are down a bit this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gas prices have actually dropped a few cents in the Peoria-Pekin metro area this week. According to Triple A, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas locally is $4.53, just a pe...
Mar 17, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Jussie Smollett released from jail while appealing conviction
(Reuters) - An Illinois appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of actor Jussie Smollett from jail while the one-time star of the TV drama "Empire" appeals his conviction for staging a hate cri...
Mar 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his arraignment on renewed felony charges in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Man charged in connection with fatal ATV crash
EUREKA, Ill. - A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal ATV crash earlier this week that killed an East Peoria man. 25 News reports Kenneth Brinkley, 25, of Spring Bay appeared in Woodford C...
Mar 16, 2022 (Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
IL GOP wants more extensive gas price relief
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A group of Republican lawmakers in Springfield, including a local mayor, are calling for the state to give some economic relief to taxpayers that goes beyond what Governor JB Pritz...
Mar 16, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man charged for alleged sex with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faces charges accusing him of, among other things, having sexual contact with a minor. Peoria County Court records indicate Eric Roberts, Jr., 20, faces charges filed by a ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man facing Child Porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Not much is known, but a Peoria man is facing child pornography charges. Court records indicate a grand jury has indicted Dontorrion Stuckey, 30, with a count of Child Pornography. He a...
Mar 16, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
ICC now competing for 7th in NJCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
PORT HURON, Mich, - It wasn't the outcome the Illinois Central College Women's Basketball Team wanted, but they're still in the tournament. The fourth-seeded Cougars lost in the 16-team round of the N...
Mar 16, 2022 Illinois Central College via Facebook
Peoria man facing new federal drug, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man arrested last month after a search warrant was conducted on an East Bluff home faces new federal charges in the case. A federal grand jury filed charges Tuesday accusing Ra...
Mar 16, 2022 (2020 Peoria County Jail Photo)
Reditus Labs CEO charged with filing false tax returns
PEORIA, Ill. - The CEO of a Pekin-based company that has made a name for itself during the COVID-19 pandemic is now facing federal criminal charges. Documents filed in Peoria indicate a federal grand ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Reditus Labs)
