Category Archives: Local News
Dr. Kasper: Omicron gets the attention, but Delta still the most prevalent
PEORIA, Ill. - A local medical expert says while the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is getting our attention, it's still not the variant that's the big problem yet. Doctor Doug Kasper with the U of I Col...
Dec 07, 2021 Ben Pollard/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria Mayor hopes to lead push to buy more time for pension obligations
Peoria, Ill -- Peoria's Mayor now wants to take a leadership role in pushing the timeline for Illinois pension obligations. Mayor Rita Ali says she wants to be the one to bring mayors together from ac...
Dec 07, 2021 (City of Peoria)
Rodney Carrington coming to Peoria Civic Center in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A country singer and comedian is the next well-known act coming to the Peoria Civic Center. The civic center says Rodney Carrington will do a show for mature audiences only on March 11,...
Dec 07, 2021 (Peoria Civic Center)
Update: Water main repairs made near War Memorial; boil order still in place
PEORIA, Ill. -- A water main break left part of War Memorial Drive near the McClugage Bridge icy and slick Monday night. The break occurred on Harvard Avenue, sending water down the hill to War Memori...
Dec 07, 2021 (25 News)
Officials hopeful new federal grant program can fund PIA air traffic control tower replacement
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials and lawmakers are hopeful the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can mean a rebuild of the air traffic control tower at Peoria International Airport....
Dec 06, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Smashing Pumpkins to headline Summer Camp Music Festival
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The Smashing Pumpkins are coming to the Summer Camp Music Festival next year. Organizers of the festival at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe say in a social media post the Billy C...
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Illinois Republican pushes bill to ban vaccine mandates in the state
Peoria, Ill -- One Republican state lawmaker in Illinois thinks he can gather support behind a proposed statewide ban on vaccine mandates. The so-called "Freedom Act" (HB 4239) would make it, "unlawfu...
Dec 06, 2021 State Rep. Adam Niemberg (Illinois General Assembly)
Peoria home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters fought not only flames, but high winds just after 7 a.m. Monday as they responded to a fire in the 1500 block of N. Broadway. Crews attempted an interior attack and...
Dec 06, 2021 (25 News)
Cole Swindell announces Peoria show
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another big Country star is coming to Peoria in the new year. Cole Swindell is bringing his "Down to the Bar Tour" to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Feb. 17. Tickets go on sale nex...
Dec 06, 2021 (Peoria Civic Center)
Grand Re-Opening for Raber Packing Company
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - It's the moment West Peoria Mayor Jim Dillon says residents have been waiting for. "For probably the last year, all I've heard is 'When's Raber's going to open?' Now, I can tell th...
Dec 06, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
