Category Archives: Local News
LaHood visits Hopedale Medical Complex to discuss COVID-19-related problems
HOPEDALE, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) says he thinks he knows part of the reason why local hospitals -- especially rural ones -- are having a hard time helping those affected by COVID-19 ...
Jan 14, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Two arrested after East Bluff shooting
UPDATED 4:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are in custody after gunshots were fired early Friday morning in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood. Peoria Police say a pair of ShotSpotter alerts on North D...
Jan 14, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria home sales top $1 billion
PEORIA, Ill. -- 2021 was a record-breaking year for home sales in the Peoria area. The Peoria Area Association of Realtors (PAAR) said 7,634 homes were sold locally last year, topping the 2020 total o...
Jan 14, 2022 Diana Parkhouse / CC
IL Driver's Services facilities still closed out of caution
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Driver's Services facilities statewide remain closed. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office confirms facilities will stay closed an additional week, opening again to th...
Jan 14, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Official: 'We are going to be eventually living with COVID-19'
PEORIA, Ill. - Confirmed new COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area are continuing their all-time record highs and sharp weekly increases. Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hend...
Jan 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria native and AutoZone exec helps Peoria Public Schools Foundation fundraiser
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria native and Chief Financial Officer of a major auto parts company is helping the schools he graduated from, help students. Jamere Jackson was the keynote speaker Thursday at the...
Jan 13, 2022 Jamere Jackson
Man pleads guilty to federal robbery charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Springfield-area man is pleading guilty to federal charges of robbing mostly banks throughout central Illinois. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Peoria says John Beck, 55, of Mechanicsbu...
Jan 13, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Chicago-area attorney joins election race for Illinois Attorney General
CHICAGO, Ill. - There is now at least one Republican candidate joining the field looking to be elected Illinois' Attorney General in the November election. Steve Kim -- who has run for statewide offic...
Jan 13, 2022 Steve Kim via Facebook
Journal Star to stop Saturday home delivery in March
PEORIA, Ill. - You'll get one less paper copy of the Peoria Journal Star every week if you're a print subscriber starting in two months. The Gannett-owned newspaper Thursday said they will stop home d...
Jan 13, 2022 Peoria Journal Star
Peoria receiving over $1 million for revitalization downtown
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria is receiving $1.2 million in grant money to revitalize a commercial corridor on Western Avenue and boost economic development, according to State Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria)...
Jan 13, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
