Category Archives: Top Stories
Creve Coeur man sentenced for enticing, sexually abusing minors
PEORIA, Ill. -- A sex offender has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for enticing and sexually exploiting minor girls. Charles Hewitt, 48, from Creve Coeur, admitted to creating a false identity on...
Jan 30, 2020 Peoria County Jail
Resident suffered burns after apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person suffered burns while attempting to extinguish a stove fire. Peoria firefighters were called before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening to a multistory apartment complex at 2625 W. R...
Jan 29, 2020 MWC-PeoriaFD-Eng10-MS
Censure resolution fails at Tazewell County Board Meeting
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Tazewell County Clerk John C. Ackerman will not be censured after the motion of formal disapproval failed on Wednesday night at the Tazewell County Board Meeting. There were e...
Jan 29, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Dalton Kemper
Pritzker delivers State of the State
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Employment and diversity were chief Wednesday among topics in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's State of the State address. Addressing state legislators almost exactly a year since his inaugur...
Jan 29, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria firefighter/paramedics helped deliver a baby
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighter/paramedics helped deliver a baby Tuesday morning at a residence. Captain Matt Tyler said the call came in as a women's water was broke. "As soon as we walked into th...
Jan 29, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
ISP plans to be out in force for the Super Bowl weekend
METAMORA, Ill. -- It's almost time for the biggest football game of the year, and Illinois State Police wants everyone to be safe. Alcohol is the number one cause of fatal crashes, especially during c...
Jan 29, 2020 Midwest Communications
Upgraded Four Points by Sheraton open for business
PEORIA, Ill. -- The newly renovated Four Points by Sheraton Hotel opened for business Tuesday. The hotel's original building went up in 1956, with an addition in 1973. Four Points by Sheraton General ...
Jan 29, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Jeremy Scott
Shooting overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of NE Monroe. 11 shots were fired. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a man ...
Jan 29, 2020
Peoria thoroughfare street plan in place
PEORIA, Ill. -- For the first time since 2001, the city of Peoria has a new thoroughfare street plan and map in place. The Peoria city council adopted the new plan Tuesday night during their regular m...
Jan 28, 2020
Midwest Orthopedic Hospital at UnityPoint Health - Proctor celebrates its grand opening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two medical organizations collaborated to create a hospital within a hospital. Midwest Orthopedic Center and UnityPoint Health celebrated the opening of the new Midwest Orthopedic Hosp...
Jan 28, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
