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PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — Peoria Heights Police were busy Thursday morning, attending to a shooting victim. A call came in around 10:45 regarding a male with a gunshot wound to his lower body in th...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 69 new COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Thursday throughout Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties. Six hospital beds were f...

PEORIA, Ill. — Carl Cannon, with Peoria Housing Authority, was shocked to hear about the passing of 61-year-old Hazel Turner last Friday night at Taft Homes. Cannon told WMBD’s Greg and Da...

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — There are reports of a shooting in the 500 block of Prospect in Peoria Heights. Emergency crews are on the scene. No information is available about the victim at this time...

I’m not sure if this is that great for kids…lol…but I remember it from my childhood. Ren and Stimpy aired on Nickelodeon on Saturdays, along with Doug, Reel Monsters, and Rugrats. Be...

***UPDATE*** Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood told WMBD News the autopsy on the inmate was inconclusive, and further tests would be conducted. However, Harwood did confirm the inmate’s COVID-...

PEORIA, Ill. — Local historian and well-known writer Norm Kelly passed away Tuesday, August 4 after a battle with cancer. He was 88. Kelly wrote a number of books about Peoria history, hundreds ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical ...

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Republican Congressman Rodney Davis says he has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Davis said he has taken his temperature twice daily since the star...

WASHINGTON (AP) – After more than a week’s worth of meetings, at least some clarity is coming to bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill. Negotiators are still stuck b...