Category Archives: Local News
Police arrest man after East Bluff drug search
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested a man on drug charges, and have taken some alleged methamphetamine off the streets. Police say a search warrant was conducted at a home Tuesday mornin...
Feb 09, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
East Peoria PD blocks off neighborhood street after reported standoff
PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria Police have reportedly been investigating in a neighborhood along East Sheen Avenue since making contact with and detaining a person there earlier Wednesday. Neighbors noti...
Feb 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATED: Boil order affects parts of Peoria and Bartonville
UPDATE: 1:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- A boil order remains in effect for roughly 3,000 Illinois American Water customers in Bartonville and Peoria, however the utility announced Wednesday afternoon it had...
Feb 09, 2022 (Flickr)
More districts ease up on mask mandates
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three area school districts are rescinding mask mandates even though they are not part of the lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker's COVID-19 directives. School boards for Farmington Central ...
Feb 09, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria home destroyed by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home is a total loss after being engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning. Battalion Chief Steve Rada said the call for a structure fire in the area of W. Latrobe and S. Gri...
Feb 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
Missing man found dead in Peoria
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- A man who police reported as missing on Monday was found dead Tuesday afternoon near Peoria High School. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 54-year-old Von Fitz...
Feb 09, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Alleged PNC Bank robber makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has made another court appearance on charges accusing him of robbing a PNC Bank branch late last month. Court records indicate Monterius Miller, 31, has formally been indic...
Feb 08, 2022 (Surveillance photos via Peoria Police)
Governor: mask mandate changes could be coming
NORMAL, Ill. - He's trying to tout his other initiatives, like the ones outlined in his State of the State speech. But, Governor J.B. Pritzker continues to be asked by reporters about COVID-19 -- in t...
Feb 08, 2022 (25 News)
Juveniles arrested for burglaries in Mackinaw
MACKINAW, Ill. - Not many details are known, but police in Mackinaw say some juveniles have been arrested for a series of burglaries there. Police say two juveniles were arrested Monday night, and say...
Feb 08, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
With Omicron, Reditus Labs surpasses 4 million COVID tests
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the wake of a huge surge of the Omicron variant, Reditus Labs in Pekin has processed about 446,000 COVID-19 tests in the past 46 days. "The bottom line is that I've got a great staf...
Feb 08, 2022 (Reditus Laboratories)
