Category Archives: Top Stories
CAT and OSF reach new healthcare agreement
Caterpillar and OSF Healthcare announced a new multi-year agreement on Friday that goes into effect October 1, a day after the current agreement expires. A joint statement said OSF will provide Caterp...
Sep 28, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pekin water utility to see updates
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin's water is set for an upgrade. Illinois American Water's Pekin District announced Friday a $1.5 million transmission water main installation near the water treatment plant. The 4,...
Sep 27, 2019 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Heavy rainfall leads to flooding in Peoria
Heavy rainfall on Friday has lead to roads looking more like rivers in the Peoria area. Sie Maroon with Peoria Public Works said that there is a lot of flash flooding going on from the intense rainfal...
Sep 27, 2019 1470 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Peoria Public Schools Awarded a $2.5 Million Grant
Peoria Public Schools announced on Friday that the district has been awarded a $2.5 million Full Service Community Schools grant for Harrison Community Learning Center and Roosevelt Magnet School. Bot...
Sep 27, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pelosi concerned about Trump's whistleblower 'spy' comments
(AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is voicing concern over President Donald Trump's comments that suggested retaliation against people who helped an intelligence whistleblower. The whistleblower's comp...
Sep 27, 2019 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, as she manages the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Collins: Chance of severe storms Friday evening
Strong to severe storms are a possibility for the Peoria metro area Friday evening. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins explains that scattered showers and storms can be expected th...
Sep 27, 2019 Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Facebook/File
Peoria's Ray LaHood to chair Abraham Lincoln Library board
(AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named chairman of the board of directors of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield....
Sep 27, 2019 1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Teen murder suspect pleads not guilty, again
A teenage murder suspect pleads not guilty, a second time. 14-year-old Zaveon Marks is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a count of unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with...
Sep 27, 2019
Person Stabbed In Downtown Peoria
Peoria Police responded to a person stabbed in the 600 block of N.E. Jefferson, near Hancock, around 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Police found a person who had been stabbed in the arm. The victim was tr...
Sep 26, 2019
OSF Emergency Department residents train with East Peoria Firefighters
Screaming, fake blood, and smoke helped residents from the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department learn what it is like on scene of a disaster by getting hands-on with the East Peoria F...
Sep 26, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
