Category Archives: Top Stories
East Peoria Zoning Board approve pot permits
PEORIA, Ill. -- An East Peoria business owner cleared the first hurdle for a marijuana business. Roy Sorce of Sorce Enterprises petitioned the East Peoria Zoning Board of Appeals Monday for two specia...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
This Valentine's Day, thank a veteran
PEORIA, Ill. -- Be a veteran's Valentine. 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has rolled out her annual "Valentines for Veterans" program. In its 7th year, the program encourages constituents acr...
Jan 13, 2020 Darron Cummings/Associated Press
10 new recruits for PPD
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department swore in 10 new recruits Monday, increasing those sworn in to the department to 216. A large crowd of family and friends gathered to witness the new recrui...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Family escapes Pekin fire
PEKIN, Ill. -- Firefighters were called just after 8:20 a.m. Monday to a home in the 1500 block of S. Capitol Street in Pekin. Pekin Fire Chief Kurt Nelson said the fire started in the basement. "When...
Jan 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
ISP honors fallen officer with "Operation Lambert"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police announced on Sunday a special enforcement of the Move Over (Scott's) Law details in honor of fallen Trooper Christopher Lambert. On Jan. 12, 2019, Trooper La...
Jan 13, 2020 (Illinois State Police)
Illinois State Police ready to hire new troopers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The ISP is hiring. Illinois State Police is accepting applications for this summer's Cadet Class. Applications are due by January 31. Master Sgt. Hector Alejandre said applicants ...
Jan 13, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois soldier killed in Afghanistan
(AP) - The Pentagon says the two soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb were from Virginia and Illinois. On Sunday, military officials identified the casualties as 29-year-old Staf...
Jan 13, 2020 Midwest Communications
No students injured in East Peoria bus accident
MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WEEK) -- East Peoria Community High School District 309 confirms in a Facebook post that one of its school buses was involved in an accident Saturday. Illinois State Police say th...
Jan 12, 2020
Peoria Airport seeing travel delays
PEORIA, Ill. -- The big Saturday winter storm has affected travel, both on the roadways and via the airways. "Most of the flights, if not all of the flights, in and out of Chicago [to and from Peoria]...
Jan 11, 2020 Midwest Communications
Ameren asks what's in your storm kit
PEORIA, Ill. -- Ameren Illinois recommended proactively assembling an emergency kit stocked with essential items and supplies in the event of extreme or severe weather events. Consider including the f...
Jan 11, 2020
