Category Archives: Local News
Action on 'Spirit of Peoria' deferred by council
PEORIA, Ill. -- City leaders in Peoria won't allow the sale of the Spirit of Peoria riverboat just yet. "Cast your ballots please on the deferral. Motion passes unanimously," said Mayor Rita Ali. The ...
Mar 09, 2022 (25 News)
Shaun Livingston, others to be inducted in to Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame
PEORIA, Ill. - A champion pro basketball player and Peoria native is one of the newest inductees into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. Kirk Wessler, former Peoria Journal Star sports editor and...
Mar 08, 2022 Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame
Expert: No president is mostly responsible for high gas prices
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bradley University professor says there are some myths about just what is causing high gas and oil prices. One of them, Assistant Economics Professor Colin Corbett says, is that the P...
Mar 08, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Kasper: "We're moving out of this phase where 'everything is COVID'"
PEORIA, Ill. -- He says, "it's become more likely that regular seasonal things will become what people have rather than COVID." Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois School of Medicine, spo...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Masking in state house legislative chambers in Springfield now optional
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- One Central Illinois Republican lawmaker is celebrating a new mask-optional policy now in place at the State House of Representatives in Springfield. State Representative Adam Nie...
Mar 08, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Triple A: Average gas prices jump another 15 cents overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gas prices in Central Illinois continued steep increases from Monday into Tuesday. According to Triple A, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Peoria-Pekin metro i...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Metamora Redbirds advance to the IHSA state semifinals
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Metamora Redbirds earned their first ever trip to the basketball state finals Monday night beating Wheaton St. Francis in the Class 3A Boys Basketball Ottawa Super Sectional 60-44....
Mar 08, 2022 (25 News)
Update: Six teens arrested in shooting outside Iowa high school
(Reuters and Fox News) - A teenage boy has died and two teen girls are in critical condition after being shot outside a Iowa high school Monday afternoon. Des Moines Police say six teenage suspects in...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Amid inflation, Peoria Civic Center sees historic revenues at Friday and Saturday shows
PEORIA, Ill. -- While inflation may be to thank for an historic weekend of revenue at the Peoria Civic Center, managers at the venue are still celebrating it as encouraging news. "We're continuing to ...
Mar 07, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Primary opposition, especially among Republicans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republicans and Democrats alike have opposition in the June 28 primary election for state and federal offices, but in some regional races, mostly Republicans will have primary chal...
Mar 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
