Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Overturned cement truck closes part of Rt. 29, driver injured
UPDATED 6:03 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- An overturned cement truck blocked northbound Rt. 29 at Cedar Street, to the Cedar Street Bridge in East Peoria during the Monday morning commute, and caused the...
Oct 18, 2021 25 News
Fire causes damage to Hanna City garage, spreads to second garage and two homes
HANNA CITY, Ill. - A fire to a garage in Hanna City early Monday morning caused an estimated $200,000 in damage. That's according to the Logan-Trivoli Fire Department. Crews from there and several oth...
Oct 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
LaHood: Powell was an "outstanding American"
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Congressman and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he was always impressed with former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell. Powell died Monday from complications due t...
Oct 18, 2021 1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Pritzker: Abortions, electric vehicles could come up during Fall Veto Session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker has some definite things he'd like to see taken care of when the fall veto session begins in Springfield Tuesday. Pritzker made an amendatory veto to what was ...
Oct 18, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Fatal crash on I-74 Sunday morning
KNOX COUNTY, Ill. -- Illinois State Police say a man was killed and another man was injured in a head-on collision on I-74 early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 4:25 a.m., near mile marker 5...
Oct 18, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria's 25th homicide victim of 2021 identified
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a Friday night homicide, Peoria's 25th homicide victim this year. Marteil Robinson, 31, of North Street in Peoria suffere...
Oct 17, 2021 (25 News)
Three of four Peoria fires in less than 24 hours caused by arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to four house fires between 6:13 a.m. Saturday and 4:23 a.m. Sunday. Three of the fires were determined to be caused by arson. The latest blaze sent firefi...
Oct 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
No more 18th District in proposed Illinois Congressional Map
PEORIA, Ill. - If you believe what mostly Illinois Democratic lawmakers have just proposed, Congressman Darin LaHood just got himself drawn right out of a Congressional District. A proposed map releas...
Oct 15, 2021 Proposed Peoria-area Congressional Districts (Illinois General Assembly)
Pritzker: Indoor mask mandate still needed
CHICAGO, Ill. - Don't get your hopes up about the lifting of the state's latest indoor mask mandate, even though many places aren't even enforcing the mandate, and even though cases, hospitalizations,...
Oct 15, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
County Board cuts Auditor's office after State's Attorney alleges mismanagement
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas' office staff will be reduced to just the auditor herself after the County Board voted for next fiscal year's budget Thursday night, but not before ...
Oct 15, 2021 Jessica Thomas (WMBD/Peoria County)
