Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria teen arrested for stabbing Wednesday night
PEORIA,Ill. -- Peoria Police were called around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of RB Garrett on reports of a stabbing. Officers located a woman who had been stabbed in the arm. Her injuries were...
Nov 21, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Children's Home needs donations for kids' wish lists
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Children's Home Association of Illinois has been helping kids since 1866. Children's Home CEO Matt George told WMBD's Greg and Dan that 1,700 children walk through their agency doo...
Nov 21, 2019 Children's Home Association of Illinois
Arrest made in Peoria hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Police Department has made an arrest stemming from an October hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian. 20-year-old Junior A. Betancourt-Barrera has been taken into custody for ...
Nov 21, 2019
Emergency action eliminates school isolation rooms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Board of Education has taken emergency action to limit the use of "isolation rooms" at schools. Recent reports said thousands of students have been placed into ...
Nov 21, 2019 MWC (file)
Hill slams 'fictional narrative' about Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former National Security Council aide will tell the House impeachment hearing that one of the central Republican talking points - that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 U.S. election ...
Nov 21, 2019 Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Potential threat at Bradley under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University Police, Peoria Police and other local law enforcement are investigating a potential threat made on the Bradley campus. A note was found in a restroom in Olin Hall We...
Nov 21, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria Park District prepares for legalized marijuana
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees discussed changes at the board meeting Wednesday night to the Conduct Ordinance of the Park District in preparation for legalized marijuana o...
Nov 21, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Dalton Kemper
Ramirez found guilty of killing parents in double homicide
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) -- Jose Ramirez, the Princeville man charged with killing his adoptive parents, was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of murder. Ramirez was accused of killing Bradley Univer...
Nov 21, 2019
Deer hunting season kicks off in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A favorite time of the year has arrived for many hunters in Illinois. Firearm Deer Hunting season kicks off Friday in Illinois. The second firearm deer weekend runs December 5th t...
Nov 20, 2019
Secure Choice program fights Illinois' retirement crisis
CHICAGO -- Nearly half of working adults don't have a retirement plan at work. Illinois' state-administered program, the Secure Choice Retirement Plan, has been designed to combat the retirement savin...
Nov 20, 2019
