Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria-area gas prices either unchanged, or slightly lower
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area gas prices in the last week either did not move at all, or moved very slightly down, depending on who you ask. GasBuddy.com says their Peoria-area weekly average of $3.24 a ...
Jan 02, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Jeremy Renner, Marvel's Hawkeye, has surgery after snow plow accident
UPDATED 10:39 P.M. (Reuters) -Actor Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel "Avengers" movies, was in critical but stable condition in a Nevada hospital on Monday, a day after suffering a trau...
Jan 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Jeremy Renner poses for a picture during the premiere of the television series Hawkeye at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November, 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Peoria fire sends one to the hospital Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after an accidental fire in Peoria on the first day of the new year. The Peoria Fire Department was called to the area of N. Woodbine Terrace and W. Wardcli...
Jan 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shots ring out early on New Year's Day in Peoria
UPDATED 2:06 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a pair of shooting incidents early on New Year's Day. PPD says at approximately 12:52 a.m., officers were called to the area of N. Prospect...
Jan 02, 2023 Carnell Williams (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria Bishop reacts to death of Pope Benedict
PEORIA, Ill. - He was a "humble servant of God." That's how Catholic Diocese of Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka describes Pope Benedict XVI, in asking local faithful to continue to pray for, and mourn the p...
Jan 01, 2023 (Courtesy Ryan Heath)
Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dead at 74
(Reuters) - Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and '80s included "I'm So Excited," "Jump (For My Love)" and "Fire," die...
Jan 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jermaine Jackson (R) performs with the Pointer Sisters June (L), Ruth (2nd L) and Anita on stage during an award ceremony in Zwentendorf in Lower Austria July 24, 2009. Jackson received the SAVE THE WORLD AWARD 2009 on behalf of his late brother Michael Jackson tonight. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/File Photo
Peoria police recover four stolen vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police recovered four stolen vehicles over the weekend as part of an on-going investigation. The vehicles were recovered at on the 2100-block of W. Garden St. One of the four was...
Jan 01, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State Supreme Court issues stay, blocks enforcement of cashless bail for now
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court says those counties that were going to implement the cashless bail provisions of the SAFE-T Act Sunday, despite a judge's ruling that it's unconstitution...
Jan 01, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Peoria home goes up in flames overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning, the last day of the year. Peoria Firefighters were called to the area of S. Westmoreland and W. Grinnell just before 4:30 a....
Dec 31, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD will be out looking for drunk drivers on NYE
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking those celebrating New Year's Eve to plan ahead so they can make it home in one piece. Before the countdown, PPD suggests making a plan with your fellow partygo...
Dec 31, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
