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One person injured in a shooting in central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of N. Lynn. Five shots were fired. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a short time later,...
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Scottish Rite under renovations; Blickenstaff purchases Peoria mansion
PEORIA, Ill. -- The historic Scottish Rite Cathedral is undergoing renovations to become a home to the performing arts. Jenny Parkhurst, the Executive Director of the Performing Arts for the KDB Group...
Feb 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off hi...
Feb 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
LaHood discusses the growing federal deficit
PEORIA, Ill. -- The U.S. federal deficit continues to grow. But, it's something that President Donald Trump didn't talk about during his recent State of the Union address. Illinois 18th District Congr...
Feb 20, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Peorian sentenced to 25 years for mother's death
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Jeremy Simmons, of Peoria, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for killing his mother, 63-year-old Theresa Ann Simmons in August 2019. Peoria Police were called to the...
Feb 20, 2020 Peoria County Jail
Blagojevich praises Trump from Chicago home after release
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich gushed about Donald Trump a day after the Republican president commuted his sentence for political corruption. Blagojevich spoke Wednesda...
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Peoria Park District Board appoints new Vice President
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's a new Vice President on the Peoria Park District Board of Trustees. Trustee Matt Ryan was nominated Vice President for 2020 by President Robert Johnson. Johnson said that the b...
Feb 19, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Police searching for cell phone store robber
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department was searching Wednesday for a man who allegedly robbed the W. Reservoir Metro PCS store. The incident reportedly occurred Tuesday shortly before 5 P.M. whe...
Feb 19, 2020 Peoria Police Department
Gov. Pritzker outlines annual budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is promising his proposed budget will save millions of dollars. "The upcoming fiscal years budget will spend $175 million less, and we will save $6...
Feb 19, 2020 Illinois.gov
Suspicious injuries to child lead to East Peoria Police probe
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria Police continued an investigation Wednesday into a Tuesday morning 9-1-1 call. Emergency crews arrived at 9:10 to a Jefferson Court home regarding a four-year-old the ...
Feb 19, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
