Category Archives: Local News
Farmers, facing more cost increases, may ultimately be forced to increase crop prices
PEORIA, Ill. -- The price of ingredients needed to make and use fertilizer for crops in the U.S. will continue to rise, according to ag business analysts and it's due to the much lower supply of Russi...
Mar 10, 2022 AP/Seth Perlman
Bustos announces funding for Peoria Ag Lab and other projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois' 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos on Wednesday announced $7 million in a major funding package for a climate resilience and biomanufacturing initiative at Peoria's...
Mar 10, 2022 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Madigan pleads not guilty to corruption charges
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan pleaded not guilty to racketeering, bribery, wire fraud and extortion charges Wednesday in his first court appearance. Of 22 corruption c...
Mar 10, 2022 (Illinois House Democratic Caucus)
Man wanted for recent Peoria shooting arrested
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man wanted in connection with a recent shooting was arrested Tuesday night in Peoria. Peoria Police said Tre-Sean Dillard, 24, was seen leaving a home on W. Carmel as police were con...
Mar 10, 2022 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Man shot and killed Tuesday night identified by Peoria County Coroner
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, indicating 8 rounds were fired in the area of W. Beverly and Knoxville Avenue. Peoria Public Information O...
Mar 09, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
More than a dozen detained at possible Peoria drug den
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced a major drug and suspect bust from earlier in the week. PPD says on Tuesday, investigators were staking out a reported nuisance property along Northeast Mo...
Mar 09, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Caterpillar Foundation pledges $1M in humanitarian aide for Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar has now pledged to help ease the suffering of those innocent civilians living through the horrors of war in Ukraine. CAT's philanthropic arm, The Caterpillar Foundation, is...
Mar 09, 2022 Caterpillar
Two fires, same Peoria house, both reportedly ruled arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house fire that kept Peoria crews busy both over last weekend and on Monday -- is now reported to have been arson -- both times. Flames originally sparked at the home Saturday. The h...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria will cover damages for officer's crash at McDonalds
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council approved a settlement Tuesday to avoid a lawsuit after a police squad car crashed into a McDonald's restaurant just over a year ago. According to 25 News, Peoria wi...
Mar 09, 2022
Peoria settles lawsuit over police-involved shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council has approved a $415,000 out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man shot-to-death by police in 2017. 25-year-old Eddie Russell Jr. suffere...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
