Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Police officer shoots, kills dog in late night encounter
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have reported details surrounding an incident where an officer shot a reportedly aggressive dog. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday, police say officers responded to the 160...
Aug 20, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IMA: Manufacturing demand growing, but still lacking proper workforce
PEORIA, Ill. -- While manufacturing remains a bedrock of the Illinois economy, challenges certainly remain especially in the labor force. "Before the pandemic started, we had 437,000 open manufacturin...
Aug 20, 2022 In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, smoke rises from a stack at the U.S. steel factory in the city of Smederevo, 45 kilometers east of Belgrade, Serbia. U.S. Steel announced its operating losses in Serbia spurred by Europe's debt crisis. The town is in a panic over a financial report released by Pittsburgh-based steel giant U.S. Steel that its plant in Smederevo, almost the sole source of income for its 100,000 people, is losing tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Woman jailed after West Peoria stabbing
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is in jail after she allegedly stabbed two other people during an overnight dispute Saturday at a West Peoria bar. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were ca...
Aug 20, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
COVID numbers in Illinois continue declines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to be lower in Illinois, along with the number of counties most at risk of spreading the disease. The Illinois Department of Public He...
Aug 20, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Man out of jail after gun arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic stop led to a Peoria man being arrested on several felony weapons charges -- only one of which is actually being filed. Peoria Police say officers conducted the stop just afte...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police arrest man on gun charges after chase
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is back in jail after police say they found a gun on him after chasing him. Police say they were trying to get in contact with Chemare Irby, 29 -- who was wanted on at leas...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police investigating potential shoot-out
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the two people who were believed to be shooting at each other Thursday evening in the southern part of the city. Police say a ShotSpotter alert went off ar...
Aug 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man arrested after 'ghost gun' found
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is behind bars after a so-called "ghost gun" was allegedly found in his possession. Peoria Police say investigators Thursday night saw Brian Keller, 19, leave a North Brave...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Tazewell County Judge to DHS: Explain yourself in court
PEKIN, Ill. - The attorney for a Wahington man accused of attacking his sister and her dog, then setting their home on fire, wants the Illinois Department of Human Services to be held in contempt of c...
Aug 19, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail)
Duckworth talks about FBI in relation to Mar-a-Lago raid
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - FBI offices like the one in Peoria have been the targets of threats since agents raided former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Senator Tammy Duckworth, reactin...
Aug 19, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
