Category Archives: Top Stories
Pekin City Council approves zoning for recreational cannabis sales
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin City Council approved the zoning for the sale of recreational cannabis in the city, but not for a dispensary. Earlier this year, the city asked for the public's input on the le...
Nov 25, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
A multi-vehicle accident in Peoria claims a life
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police responded to a four vehicle crash before 5 p.m. Monday at War Memorial and Meadowbrook. Peoria Public Information officer Amy Dotson said Peoria Fire and AMT crews transported t...
Nov 25, 2019 Midwest Communications
Fire safety tips to remember for the upcoming holiday
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Before you dip that bird in the fryer, there are a few safety tips from the Peoria Heights Fire Department. Frying turkeys have become popular for prepping Thanksgiving dinner,...
Nov 25, 2019 Midwest Communications
CityLink announces Thanksgiving agenda
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink has rolled out its operations schedule for Thanksgiving week 2019. The last lineup for Wednesday, Nov. 27 is scheduled to leave at 8:45 P.M. from the Transit Center, and then ...
Nov 25, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Second arrest made in Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday night in Peoria. Nicholas Pannell, 35, was arrested Sunday night on first-degree murder and battery charg...
Nov 25, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Arrest made in Peoria's 22nd homicide of the year
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were shot and one of them was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night at a home in the 4000 block of W. Virden Ct. Further information gathered by Peoria Police indicat...
Nov 25, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Central Illinois man honored with the Purple Heart
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been awarded the Purple Heart and other military honors for his role in combat during the Iraq War. The Peoria Journal Star reports that Sergeant Matthew...
Nov 25, 2019 Purple Hearts Reunited founder Capt. Zachariah Fike, who was wounded in Afghanistan while serving with the Vermont Army National Guard, displays a Purple Heart from Pearl Harbor which has yet to be reunited with its owner or relatives, during the National Order of the Purple Heart National Convention in Denver, Thursday Aug. 7, 2014. Purple Hearts Reunited receives lost Purple Hearts and works to reunite the medals with their original owners. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Woman shot at N. Knoxville gas station
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7 p.m. Sunday to the Shell Gas station in the 1900 block of N. Knoxville. A ShotSpotter alert indicated 8 rounds were fired during a fight at the g...
Nov 25, 2019
Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Bloomberg is running for president. The former New York City mayor, one of the richest men in the world, formally joined the Democratic presidential field on Sunday. The 77-yea...
Nov 24, 2019 AP Photo/John Locher
House fire Saturday determined to be arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- An investigator dispatched to a house fire on W. Wiswall Saturday determined the cause to be arson. Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics were dispatched to 2206 W. Wiswall Saturday around 2:...
Nov 24, 2019 Midwest Communications
