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PEKIN, Ill. — Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified a 79-year-old man from Keokuk, Iowa as the sole occupant of a car involved in a fatal crash near Morton Friday night. Illinois...

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois officials are allowing medical marijuana businesses to stay open later. The change announced Friday follows complaints that people seeking those products have been at a d...

PEORIA, Ill. (NWS) — A wintery mix of precipitation is expected to develop across central IL during early and mid morning. Light snow will develop across the area between 5 and 9 am, and could s...

MORTON, Ill. — One person died after a crash on I-155. Illinois State Police say the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-155 around 6:40 Friday...

PEORIA, Ill. — Stretching back decades Peoria has had a strong connection to kids of St. Jude. This year was no exception. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf raised over $76,000 for the kid...

PEORIA, Ill. — A teenager was taken into custody for shooting a man in the leg. Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert on Sunday Feb. 2, just after 10:00 p.m. While on their way to the s...

PEORIA. Ill. — A space station cargo capsule set to launch to the International Space Station is named after a graduate of Bradley University. Major Robert Lawrence Jr. graduated from Bradley in...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Have you figured out your detours? The countdown clock is down to under two months until the Murray Baker Bridge is closed until the end of October. The East Peoria Chamber o...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria has a strong connection to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, that stretches back decades. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf has raise...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hiring jumped at the beginning of the year as U.S. employers added 225,000 jobs. The Labor Department also says a half-million people streamed into the job market in January, t...