Category Archives: Top Stories
UnityPoint plans new $24 million mental health facility
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health UnityPlace has plans in the works for a new $24 million behavioral health clinic for children and adolescents. "Especially post-pandemic is an increase in anxiety and...
Jul 07, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Juvenile seriously injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded around 8:20 Tuesday night to a ShotSpotter alert in the 700 block of E. Frye that indicated multiple shots fired. A caller also said someone had been shot. Poli...
Jul 07, 2021 (25 News)
UPDATE: One dead after 4th of July shooting in Peoria
UPDATE 5:45 P.M. -- One of the men shot, 21-year-old Michael Anthony Charles Johnson, II, was pronounced brain dead by Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood Tuesday afternoon at 3:09 p.m. Harwood will r...
Jul 06, 2021 (25 News)
Peoria Community Development Department receives $45,000 to demolish abandoned homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Community Development Department has been granted an additional $45,000 by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) for demolition of abandoned residential structur...
Jul 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Humane Society talks taking care of pets during hot summer months
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just as bitterly cold temperatures can be dangerous for pets, the same goes for hot, humid temperatures seen in summer months. With an average heat index in Peoria of 90F in July, it's...
Jul 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. and Russian officials will meet next week on ransomware - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ransomware attacks on U.S. businesses, such as the latest one centered on Florida IT firm Kaseya, will be discussed at a meeting of senior U.S. and Russian officials next week, t...
Jul 06, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Gov. Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid healthcare access
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed legislation that will expand healthcare access and affordability for residents on the state's Medicaid system. The bill, Senate Bill 229...
Jul 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Tropical storm Elsa exits Cuba trailing heavy rains, takes aim at Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rai...
Jul 06, 2021 A red flag is seen on the beach prior to the arrival of Storm Elsa in Guanabo, Cuba, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Dozens shot over holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO -- It was a Fourth of July weekend marked by violence in Chicago, with nearly 100 people shot, including two Chicago Police officers responding to a disturbance over fireworks, and five childr...
Jul 05, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Vacant home catches fire Saturday, estimated $50,000 in damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- An estimated $50,000 in damage was done when a vacant home caught fire Saturday just after 4:00 p.m. in the 600 block of E. Illinois. Fire crews found heavy fire and smoke from a secon...
Jul 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
