Category Archives: Local News
Bradley student stabbed near campus
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Bradley University student suffered a minor injury after reportedly being stabbing off-campus early Wednesday morning. A community advisory alert said Bradley and Peoria Police respo...
Dec 09, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Car crashes into Peoria business
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria business was damaged after a car struck the building Wednesday night. Emergency crews were called around 7 p.m. to a tanning salon in the 1200 block of W. Main Street. News pa...
Dec 09, 2021 (25 News)
Meeting Thursday for Bob Michel Bridge project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation wants to show the public what it's planning to upgrade the Bob Michel Bridge. A public meeting is being held Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m...
Dec 08, 2021 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Feds reach settlement with Dunlap Schools over Americans with Disabilities Act complaint
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The U.S. Attorneys office has reached an agreement with the Dunlap School District over violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The Justice Department says it's ...
Dec 08, 2021 (Dunlap School District)
Coroner investigates Brimfield teen's drowning death
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is looking further into the death of a teenager who is believed to have drowned in a hot tub. The coroner says first responders went to the 11000 block of N...
Dec 08, 2021 Peoria County Coroner's Office
Police: dozens of catalytic converter thefts locally since October
PEORIA, Ill. - Something reportedly happening nationwide is definitely happening in the Peoria area, and probably more than police are hearing about. It's the theft of catalytic converters from area v...
Dec 08, 2021 Seth Sawyers / CC
Pritzker: No to NYC-style vaccine mandate in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the state is doing what it can to try and stop the spread of COVID-19, even as an Omicron variant case has been linked to the Chicago area. Pritzker ...
Dec 08, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Woman faces new charge in Peoria hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- Karrie Lynne Brunswig now faces four charges related to the hit-and-run death of 10-year-old Troy Erving in Peoria. According to court documents, Brunswig was indicted Tuesday on an ad...
Dec 08, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
New memorial honors late Fulton County Sheriffs Deputy
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A new memorial at the Fulton County Sheriffs Department honors late Sheriffs Deputy Troy Chisum. Chisum died after being shot by a man holed up in a house in June of 2019. Now, a mem...
Dec 08, 2021 (25 News)
Manhunt continues for man involved in Peoria standoff
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are searching for 22-year-old DeAngelo D. Coleman, a suspect in a disturbance call Tuesday afternoon that resulted in a stand off with police that lasted several hours. O...
Dec 08, 2021 (Peoria Police Department)
