Category Archives: Local News
Four juveniles arrested for vehicle theft, one also faces weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested four juveniles for stealing a car, and one of them was also caught with a gun. They're not giving the ages or names of the juveniles, but say all four...
Dec 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
OSF HealthCare dedicates new downtown headquarters ahead of January opening
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bible verse "This is the day the Lord has made" might apply both Friday and January 4th for OSF HealthCare. The new downtown headquarters for OSF at Adams and Fulton is almost compl...
Dec 17, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Illinois driver's license expiration deadlines extended into early 2022
Peoria, Ill -- Driver's License Exipiration dates are being extended in Illinois thanks to a COVID-stressed licensing and I.D. system. The announcement came early Friday from Illinois Secretary of Sta...
Dec 17, 2021 A woman enters a Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles drivers license service center, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Hialeah, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau has asked the 50 states for drivers' license information, months after President Donald Trump ordered the collection of citizenship information. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Peoria shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday night in Peoria. It happened just before 8 p.m. in the 500 block of Haungs Avenue. Officers found a victim who with a gunshot woun...
Dec 17, 2021 (25 News)
PPD: Missing person found
UPDATE -- Friday 9:45 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say missing person Andrew Bigham (20) who was last seen Thursday night , has been located and is safe. ----------------------------------- PEOR...
Dec 17, 2021 (Peoria Police Dept.)
Schools responding to social media threat of potential violence
UPDATE -- 12/17 9:20 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- A threat of school shootings and bomb threats had school administrators on edge nationwide on Friday. Viral Tik-Tok videos were telling students to stay home....
Dec 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
War of words on Ameren utility rate hike
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Commerce Commission is approving what will end up being an increase on your Ameren Illinois bill. The commission has approved what the Citizens Utility Board calls a $...
Dec 16, 2021 Ameren Illinois
As Tri-County COVID cases spike, so do unnecessary hospital visits, says health official
PEORIA, Ill. - To say the local hospital system is taxed right now due to COVID-19 and other serious illnesses might be a bit of an understatement. Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator M...
Dec 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Teachers union: follow the law regarding potential school violence
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Education Association is urging local school districts to follow the law when it comes to trying to prevent threats against schools before they become violent acts. IE...
Dec 16, 2021 Illinois Education Association
UnityPoint hospital E.R. waits increase amid "surge" in COVID-19 cases
Peoria, Ill -- Critical care beds are now at full capacity at UnityPoint Health facilities in the Peoria area. Doctors and nurses are now forced to treat some critical care patients in the emergency r...
Dec 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
