Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
Creve Coeur Police looking for suspect
CREVE COEUR, Ill. -- The Creve Coeur Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating Jackie Wright III. Wright is wanted for multiple felony charges and is considered armed and dangerous. I...
Jan 06, 2020 Creve Coeur Police
Armed man inside Rockford bank
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in Illinois said customers or employees were stuck inside a bank with an armed robber Friday. Police surrounded Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, about 90 miles nort...
Jan 03, 2020
Trump says US not looking to start war with Iran
BAGHDAD (AP) - President Donald Trump says the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was not undertaken in an effort to begin a conflict with Iran. Speaking to reporters in Florida for the first time since...
Jan 03, 2020 (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
US sending troops to Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast as reinforcements in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by Pres...
Jan 03, 2020 (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Goedl via AP)
PFD installed over 100 smoke alarms for community
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Fire Department helped out the community by checking and installing alarms in homes. In 2019, the PFD helped install 142 smoke alarms and 72 carbon monoxide alarms. Division...
Jan 03, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
First day of pot sales brings in over $3 million
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' first day of legal recreational marijuana generated nearly $3.2 million in sales, state officials announced Thursday. There were 77, 128 transactions on New Year's Day, when t...
Jan 02, 2020 MWC
A ban for most flavored e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers. But the plan from the Trump administration includes major exceptions that benefit companies...
Jan 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local soldiers return home for the holidays
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A homecoming for the holidays. Six soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan in May returned home in time to spend Christmas with their families. The soldiers are from several com...
Jan 02, 2020 Midwest Communications
Resident, firefighter injured in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Fire Department along with multiple companies responded Wednesday to a structure fire in the 2400 block of Wisconsin. One occupant was taken to a local hospital with burn in...
Jan 02, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/ Mike Sabol
The first baby of 2020 arrived early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a boy! A miracle baby rang in the new decade for parents Leah and Michael Swanson. Sullivan Swanson was born at 12:21 a.m. New Year's Day at UnityPoint Health Methodist, weighing ...
Jan 01, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
