Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Park District looking ahead after celebrating 125 years
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees held a special meeting after the conclusion of the regularly scheduled board meeting Wednesday night. The meeting was to discuss new ways to ...
Dec 11, 2019 Peoria Park District/Facebook
Deer Harvest numbers slightly rise in the Peoria area
Peoria-area hunters bagged slightly more deer during the 2019 firearm season. Preliminary figures from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources puts the total from Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford co...
Dec 11, 2019 A deer peers through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
OSF Children's Hospital, Midwest 360 team up again
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's time again to rise up for the children. The 19th annual "Drive for Miracles" to benefit OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois kicked off Thursday with WMBD sister media o...
Dec 11, 2019 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Victim of fatal crash in Tazewell County identified
GROVELAND, Ill. -- A 20-year-old Pekin woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash in Tazewell County. Just after 2:30 p.m., the Tazewell County Coroner's Office was called to an accident...
Dec 11, 2019 Midwest Communications
Caterpillar maintains quarterly dividend
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Caterpillar Inc. announced Wednesday morning that the company's board of directors have voted to maintain the quarterly dividend. CAT's quarterly cash dividend will remain at $1.03 ...
Dec 11, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'
NEW YORK (AP) - The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been named Time's youngest "person of the year." The media franchise says on its website that Thunberg is being honored for ...
Dec 11, 2019 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses plenary of U.N. climate conference during with a meeting with leading climate scientists at the COP25 summit in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Thunberg is in Madrid where a global U.N.-sponsored climate change conference is taking place. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Goodwill Industries now offers 'GoodMoves'
PEORIA, Ill. -- Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois has a new service to help clear the clutter from your home. It's called Goodwill GoodMoves. Local Goodwill President and CEO Don Johnson said Go...
Dec 11, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
Fatal crash in Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. -- A two vehicle accident in rural Tazewell County claims the life of a Pekin woman. The crash happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon on Springfield Road, about a quarter of a ...
Dec 10, 2019 Midwest Communications
Two dispensary locations approved by Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council adopted ordinances for two adult use cannabis dispensaries in the city during Tuesday night's meeting. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved on a 7-0 vote...
Dec 10, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Resurrection, not demolition, for Armory
PEORIA, Ill. -- Do call it a comeback. Thanks to a major investment from developer Kim Blickenstaff, the long-dormant Peoria Armory is set for a major revitalization. Blickenstaff has become 50% owner...
Dec 10, 2019 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
