Category Archives: Local News
Peoria police officer injured in hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer was hospitalized with minor injuries after an apparent hit-and-run in the city's North Valley early Thursday morning. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone R...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
High winds cause power outages across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- High winds late Wednesday night left thousands without power in the Peoria area. Ameren Illinois reported roughly 3,000 customers in the Peoria area were in the dark at the peak of the...
Dec 16, 2021 Photo: Ameren
Update: Driver charged in head-on crash on I-74
PEORIA, Ill. -- A head-on collision on I-74 early Thursday morning left one person seriously injured in Peoria. Illinois State Police say around 1 a.m., a westbound semi-truck collided with a pickup g...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
Man charged with Attempted Murder for Tuesday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man is now in custody for a shooting Tuesday on the city's south side. Police say James Harris, 29, faces charges of Attempted First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Batter...
Dec 15, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Peoria man faces federal charges for Bloomington gun store burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - The feds say a Peoria man faces charges for allegedly breaking in to to a gun shop in Bloomington earlier this week. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Dajuan Edwards-Melton, 20, faces cha...
Dec 15, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria City Council: no to more 4:00 a.m. bars in Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - If another bar or club were to open up in Peoria's Warehouse District, it won't get a liquor license allowing them to close as late as 4:00 a.m. The Peoria City Council Tuesday voted ni...
Dec 15, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
State to sell James R. Thompson Center in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is going to do something predecessors tried -- and failed to do as a means to make the state some money: sell the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chi...
Dec 15, 2021 ajay_suresh / CC
Better Banks officially acquires Glasford bank
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area bank is adding a new location in Peoria County. Better Banks -- founded in Dunlap more than 120 years ago -- says it has acquired Glasford Bank. Glasford Bank was part of ...
Dec 15, 2021 Better Banks
Additional charge for man accused of killing infant
PEORIA, Ill. - Another murder charge is being given to a Peoria man charged with shaking and killing a baby a month ago. Peoria County court records indicate Zachary Yeo, 23, now faces a second count ...
Dec 15, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police called as 'precaution' following fights at Richwoods
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about what turns out to be two separate incidents at Peoria's Richwoods High School Wednesday morning that resulted in the police being involved. Police were first c...
Dec 15, 2021 25 News
