Category Archives: Local News
City, Chillicothe Police union reach deal on new contract
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Police officers in Chillicothe have a new contract. Our news partner 25 News reports both the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 247 and the City Council there have signed off on the ...
Jan 27, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Firefighters union concerned about temporary recent 'alternative response' to ambulance calls
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Firefighters Union is at odds with the city's ambulance provider over a policy they say might have put people having a medical emergency at risk. Earlier this month, Advanced...
Jan 27, 2022
Chicago Bears hire new head coach
UPDATED: 8:02 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. - The Chicago Bears didn't take long to find their next head coach. Indianapolis Colts Defensive Coordinator Matt Eberflus is getting the job, replacing Matt Nagy. The...
Jan 27, 2022 Chicago Bears
Tri-County COVID update: mask mandate lawsuit decision expected Friday, and caution over a 'surge' being over
PEORIA, Ill. - A Sangamon County judge is expected to issue a ruling Friday regarding a lawsuit filed against 145 Illinois school districts regarding the mask mandate in the state's schools. Peoria Co...
Jan 26, 2022 Midwest Communications
IL lawmaker proposes reinstating death penalty, only for cop killers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A state lawmaker and candidate for Governor is introducing legislation that would reinstate the death penalty in Illinois -- only for those who are convicted of murdering cops. It'...
Jan 26, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Durbin talks Ukraine and stock trading in Peoria area
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - "Very serious." That's how Senator Dick Durbin describes the situation between Russia and Ukraine, as Russian troops continue to gather at Ukraine's border. While in Creve Coeur Tu...
Jan 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria's Fire Chief to retire
UPDATED 1:58 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Fire Chief is set to call it a career. Chief Jim Bachman says he'll retire March 18th after 28 years in the department, and only the last year as chief. Quite...
Jan 26, 2022 (City of Peoria)
Peoria's Madison Theater is a step closer to reopening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Plans to renovate the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria are now closer to being a reality. Lee Wenger, with the Madison Preservation Association, told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show" o...
Jan 26, 2022 (Madison Preservation Association)
Peoria Council approves $1.7M land purchase in the Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council has signed off on an agreement to buy land in the Warehouse District for a new parking lot that leaders hope will spur growth. "They will be singing in the Warehous...
Jan 26, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria Lock and Dam work included in federal infrastructure bill
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - A project fifteen years in the making can finally start thanks to the federal infrastructure bill recently signed into law. Seven locks and dams along the Illinois and Mississippi ...
Jan 25, 2022
