Category Archives: Local News
Coroner: Victim dies three weeks after street racing-related crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a Peoria woman has died three weeks after a multi-vehicle accident left her hospitalized. Harwood says Jacqueline McDuffie, 50, died Saturday, S...
Sep 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
State: Man died from rabies through bat
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health says the state had its first human case of rabies since 1954, and the victim has since died. The state says the Lake County man in his 80's...
Sep 29, 2021 Phuket@photographer.net / CC
City Council to reconsider Airbnb proposals
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council may be close to changing its mind regarding whether or not two Airbnb's can be located in the city's Uplands neighborhood. The Council Tuesday night voted 10-1 a...
Sep 29, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Chicago Bears closer to leaving Soldier Field
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears have made a major step toward leaving Soldier Field, by signing a purchase agreement for Arlington Park about 30 miles northwest of the city. Bears management made the ann...
Sep 29, 2021 Paul Eisenberg / CC
Komen Memorial gears up for 'More Than Pink' Walk this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Susan G. Komen Memorial in Peoria is gearing up for their 'More Than Pink' Walk on Saturday, Oct. 2, which starts at the Metro Centre Shopping Center. "Our opening ceremony begins ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Susan G. Komen Memorial)
Downtown Peoria store catches fire
UPDATED 2:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire crews were called just before 8:30 Wednesday morning to a fire at the Stop & Save store at 800 NE Jefferson, and the owner says he's suspicious. Heavy,...
Sep 29, 2021 (Peoria Fire Department)
Tazewell County man sentenced for using app to entice a child to have sex
PEORIA, Ill. -- A federal judge has sentenced a Washington man to 10 years in federal prison for trying to lure a minor into having sex with him. After serving his sentence, 28-year-old Thomas Alt mus...
Sep 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Residents voice opinions on potential pavilion at Donovan Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many people came out to Donovan Park for the Peoria Park District's 'Talk About it Tuesday' meeting. The hot button item; whether or not the park district should approve a new pavilion...
Sep 29, 2021 (25 News)
UPDATE: Two accidents, one fatal, in Peoria Tuesday
UPDATE 4:08 P.M. 9/29/21 PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim of a fatal accident near OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Tuesday afternoon. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Bria...
Sep 28, 2021 Illinois Department of Transportation/Traffic One
New member of Missouri Valley Conference
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bradley University is about to get a new conference opponent. The Missouri Valley Conference announced Tuesday Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee has accepted an invitation ...
Sep 28, 2021 From Missouri Valley Conference
