Category Archives: Local News
Police cruiser involved in Sheridan and War Memorial Dr. crash
UPDATE: 3:36 p.m. Peoria, Ill -- Police say there were minor injuries in the wake of a crash involving a Peoria Police vehicle this afternoon. A tipster originally notified Traffic One about the crash...
Dec 22, 2021 Illinois Department of Transportation
Santa Claus makes special delivery to OSF Children's Hospital for 25th year
PEORIA, Ill. - Santa! The kids at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois know him! For the 25th year, Santa -- who, in this case is really Bill Turney -- has delivered toys to the kids in the hospital. A...
Dec 22, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Sheriff: Peoria County jail staffing shortage "beyond critical"
Peoria, Ill -- COVID-19 is compounding already critical staffing shortages at the Peoria County jail. In an email, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says staffing levels at the Peoria County jail are...
Dec 22, 2021 Adobe Stock
State Rep. Keith Sommer announces retirement
MORTON, Ill. - A local lawmaker based in Morton is calling it a career. 88th District State Representative Keith Sommer says he is retiring and not seeking another term next year. Sommer's first term ...
Dec 22, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly
Local teachers sue over Illinois' COVID mandates
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- Teachers in two Woodford County school districts are part of a lawsuit challenging Illinois' COVID-19 mitigation efforts as an employment requirement. According to the Peoria ...
Dec 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria apartments heavily damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria apartment building went up in flames Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 700 block of Spring Street just before 4 p.m., finding heavy fire coming from a first-f...
Dec 22, 2021 (25 News)
BU will start the spring semester in-person
PEORIA, Ill. -- With concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant, some Illinois colleges and universities are switching back to remote learning temporarily after the holidays. Bradley University ...
Dec 22, 2021 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Seven hurt in Pekin crash
PEKIN, Ill. -- A two-vehicle crash in Pekin Tuesday night sent seven people to local hospitals. News partner 25 News says some of the injured were children. Pekin Fire Department used the "Jaws of Lif...
Dec 22, 2021 (25 News)
New charges filed in fatal street racing crash
PEORIA, Ill. - New charges have been filed against a Peoria man charged in a street racing incident that claimed the life of a Peoria woman. Court records indicate counts of Aggravated Driving Under t...
Dec 21, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Omicron in Peoria? 'It's here,' says Health Department
PEORIA, Ill. - Last week, the Peoria City/County Health Department said it was not a matter of if the COVID-19 Omicron variant would show up here, but a matter of when. It's now "when." "That 73 perce...
Dec 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
