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The first baby of 2020 arrived early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a boy! A miracle baby rang in the new decade for parents Leah and Michael Swanson. Sullivan Swanson was born at 12:21 a.m. New Year's Day at UnityPoint Health Methodist, weighing ...
Jan 01, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
A wild ride of extreme weather in 2019
PEORIA, Ill. - 2019 was a year of weather extremes for Central Illinois. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins provided WMBD News a summary. Peoria had a visit from the Polar Vortex o...
Dec 31, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State pushing flood insurance
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Do you have flood insurance? The National Weather Service has predicted above-average ground moisture and higher-than-normal river levels for spring 2020, which are both ingredien...
Dec 31, 2019 1470 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Police out in force looking for impaired drivers
METAMORA, Ill. -- As you ring in the new decade, Illinois State Police want to remind the community to do so responsibly. ISP Public Information Officer Haylie Polistina said if you plan to consume al...
Dec 31, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD
Past pot offenders off the hook
CHICAGO -- With Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020 to become the 11th state to legalize marijuana, Governor J.B. Pritzker spent Tuesday pardoning over 11,000 residents' past pot-related offenses. Pritzker signe...
Dec 31, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Police bump up security on the BU campus
PEORIA, Ill. -- Look for more police presence on and near Bradley University in the coming weeks. Bradley University Police and the Peoria Police Department are working together to increase patrols on...
Dec 31, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy
BAGHDAD (AP) - Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters have broken into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after smashing a door and storming inside, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire...
Dec 31, 2019 Protesters damage property inside the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
East Peoria makes NYE festivities more family-friendly
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Get fit and "Get Lit." The 19th annual East Peoria Get Lit New Year's Eve Celebration is set to take place from 9 P.M. until midnight on Dec. 31. While the traditional fun run/wal...
Dec 31, 2019 Rick Hirschmann/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois time change may cause confusion at Missouri border
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border. Many ...
Dec 31, 2019 MWC- (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
What to know about recreational cannabis
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The new year fast approaching and so is the legalization of adult use cannabis. While it may be legal for someone 21 or older to purchase, use, possess, and transport cannabis...
Dec 30, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
