Category Archives: Top Stories
Testimony: Peoria cop feared for partner's life in officer-involved fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria police officer who shot and killed a suspect in 2018 says he did it because he feared for his partner's life. A trial is continuing this week involving a lawsuit filed by the f...
Aug 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
Bradley University students move back to Peoria this weekend to begin a new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - A new school year is about to begin at Bradley University, which means the newest group of students are making their way to Peoria. University officials say more than 1500 new and retur...
Aug 18, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested in area of recent Peoria vehicle burglaries
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they arrested someone in an area that has had a recent rash of vehicle burglaries. Officers arrested Malachi Messenger, 18, after a brief foot chase thanks in part to ...
Aug 18, 2023 Malachi Messenger (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Second suspect arrested for mid-July Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a second person has been arrested in connection with a shooting more than a month ago. Peoria Police say Jimmy Williams, Jr., 20, was arrested Thursday on charges of A...
Aug 18, 2023 Jimmy Williams, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: At Camp David, US, South Korea and Japan condemn China, agree to deepen military ties
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David on Friday to deepen military and economic ties and made their s...
Aug 18, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden greets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during the trilateral summit at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland, U.S., August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
State's Attorney: 55 more charges filed against doctor who videotaped employees in OSF bathrooms
PEORIA, Ill. - A presumably now-former doctor with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center now faces significantly more charges for allegedly recording employees in women's restrooms. The Peoria County State...
Aug 18, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former lawmaker testifies Madigan confidant urged him to resign at behest of speaker
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In the fall of 2018, then-state Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, thought he might have been in line for a big promotion in the Illinois House of Representatives. He'd unexpec...
Aug 18, 2023 File photos picture former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) and his close confidant Mike McClain. The pair will face their own trial on racketeering charges next year and are key figures in the ongoing perjury trial of Madigan's longtime chief of staff, Tim Mapes. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
East Peoria diner damaged by fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria business suffered fire damage Thursday night. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman says a fire broke out at June Bug's Diner around 9:15 p.m. on Meadow Avenue. Res...
Aug 18, 2023 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Fire Thursday night in Peoria caused by arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters responded to a residential fire Thursday night in Peoria that investigators say was arson. Fire broke out in the area of N. North Street and W. Nebraska around 6:45 p.m. Pe...
Aug 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
Hurricane Hilary has grown to a Category 4 storm, as it heads towards California coast
MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Hilary has intensified into a Category 4 storm as it makes its way towards Baja, California on Friday. Hilary is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rains to Southwestern ...
Aug 18, 2023 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
