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Peoria home destroyed by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a home in the 700 block of NE Madison just before midnight Thursday. Crews were met with heavy smoke and fire on the main floor of...
Oct 11, 2019 Midwest Communications
Mom says boy charged with murder is 'not a monster'
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - The mother of a 9-year-old central Illinois boy charged with murder in a mobile home fire that killed five says her son is not "a monster". In interviews Thursday with local and na...
Oct 11, 2019
Freeze Watch issued for Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Watch that covers counties in the western and central parts of Illinois. The Freeze Watch will be in effect Friday night through Saturda...
Oct 10, 2019
Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations discusses the importance of engagement
PEORIA, Ill. - The Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations met Thursday night and talked about the importance of police and community engagement. Committee Chair Terry Burnside said that it b...
Oct 10, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Civil War monument set for display
PEORIA, Ill. -- A long lost piece of Peoria's past is set to become a noticeable part of Peoria's present. A ceremony was scheduled for Saturday at Springdale Cemetery to unveil the restored and rebui...
Oct 10, 2019 Courtesy of Bruce Brown
'Big Picture' street festival comes to the Warehouse District Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria's Warehouse District will be filled with art this weekend. That's where the Big Picture Street Festival is being held on Saturday. One of the event's organizers, Chuck Gabbert, s...
Oct 10, 2019 Big Picture Peoria/Facebook
Washington woman dies in two-vehicle crash
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Tazewell County woman is dead after a Wednesday morning crash. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 74-year-old Linda Bedwell was pronounced dead at the scene of an acciden...
Oct 10, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Retiree checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security says millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6-percent cost-of-living increase in 2020 - and that comes to about $24 more a month more the average retired worker. Th...
Oct 10, 2019 GotCredit / CC
Peoria Park District continues negotiations for solar energy
PEORIA, Ill. -- When the Peoria Park District Board of Trustees met Wednesday night a power purchase agreement for solar equipment was postponed to the next board meeting on October 23rd. The power pu...
Oct 09, 2019 Dalton Kemper/WMBD
Illinois ramps up vehicle vs. deer season awareness
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's that time of year when drivers need to be extra watchful for deer crossing Illinois roads. Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Rachel Torbert said, as deer m...
Oct 09, 2019
