Category Archives: Local News
Police want help identifying ATM theft suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they are looking for a man who attempted to steal an ATM earlier this week. Police say it happened prior to 9:00 a.m. Monday near University and War Memorial, around 3...
Mar 04, 2022 (Surveillance photo via Peoria Police)
Former Journal Star reporter authors book about former House Speaker
PEORIA, Ill. - It is, perhaps, timely that a new book outlining former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's time as the top Democrat in Illinois politics is now out, since Madigan was indicted on ...
Mar 04, 2022 (University of Illinois Press)
Exhibit of quilts owned by filmmaker Ken Burns on display at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - Starting Saturday, you can see something at the Peoria Riverfront Museum that few have seen, from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. "Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection" is a group of 26...
Mar 04, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
PPD: Peoria murder case closure rate in 2021 just over 26 percent
UPDATE: 1:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- While violent gun crimes saw a major drop in the first two months of this year in Peoria, police still have a lot of open murder cases left over from last year to sol...
Mar 04, 2022
City Council to be asked to support sale of Spirit of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is being asked to essentially let the sale of the Spirit of Peoria riverboat go through. On the agenda for Tuesday night's City Council meeting is a vote by the ...
Mar 04, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria man pleads guilty to federal charges in 2021 gun store burglary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Federal prosecutors say a Peoria has pleaded guilty to charges he stole more than 20 firearms from a local gun shop. 29-year-old Corey Brooks broke in through a window at Pinnacle Gun ...
Mar 04, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Deceased female found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of Main and Sabella Thursday afternoon for an unresponsive female. When officers arrived just after 2 p.m., they found a woman not breathing. Medica...
Mar 04, 2022 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
IL legislation aims to remove age limit on leaving kids home alone
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Legislation passed by the Illinois House this week leaves it up to parents to decide when a child is old enough to stay home alone. Many parents may not even know state law sets a...
Mar 04, 2022 US Department of Education / CC
Pritzker: I met with federal prosecutors investigating Madigan
DeKALB, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker continuing to answer questions now that former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been charged with racketeering and bribery. During an event Thursday to to...
Mar 03, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy (file)
Sheriffs Department admits mistaken release of alleged 'sexual predator'
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department now admits that a mistake was made leading to the public being asked to help locate a missing man deemed an alleged sexual predator. 25 News report...
Mar 03, 2022 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
