Madeline Burke

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Fire crews were sent in to find and remove a victim stuck in a house fire.According to a Peoria Fire Department press release, Peoria Firefighters responded to a call a…

MAPLETON, Ill. (WMBD) — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is fining Caterpillar after an employee of a Mapleton foundry fell to his deat…

BARTONVILLE, Ill. (WMBD) — One person is in the hospital after being stabbed at Homestyle Grille on Garfield Avenue in Bartonville. According to Bartonville Police Chief Tony Segree, a couple of em…

MAPLETON, Ill. (WMBD)– Multiple fire agencies responded to a fire at Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Halloween night. According to the Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins, a small fire broke out in an exhaust vent. The fire was put out before 10:20 p.m. Watkins said one person possibly had smoke inhalation. Peoria County […]

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD)  — “That is not normal,” said Chris Schaffner, the Executive Director of Jolt Harm Reduction. According to the Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood, there were …

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — WMBD and WYZZ sat down with more than 20 people, a mixture of medical professionals and local leaders, to see how prevalent the Opioid epidemic is in Central I…

UPDATE (3:20 p.m.)– The Canton man found dead inside his home has been identified as 63-year-old Richard Wilkinson Jr by Fulton County Coroner Austin Rhodes. A Canton police news release stat…

UPDATED: (9:50 p.m.) — A Peoria police officer was in the area of the 100 block of East Forrest Hill when several shots were fired, said the department’s spokeswoman. Semone Roth of the…

UPDATE (2:40 p.m.) — Ameren Illinois has been working to restore outages around Illinois. According to its outage map, about 33,488 customers remain without power around the state. Of those a…

Man taken into custody after gun situation in Tremont