Author Archives: Mike Sabol
Blagojevich praises Trump from Chicago home after release
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich gushed about Donald Trump a day after the Republican president commuted his sentence for political corruption. Blagojevich spoke Wednesda...
Feb 19, 2020 mwc-AP-News photo credit
UPDATE: Ex-Gov. Blagojevich released from prison after Trump pardon
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is out of prison hours after his sentence for political corruption was commuted by President Donald Trump. The now silver-haired Blagojevich left th...
Feb 18, 2020 FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Imprisoned ex-governor, Blagojevich, filed paperwork Tuesday, June 5, 2018, asking President Donald Trump to commute his 14-year prison term for corruption that included seeking to sell an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated to become president. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
China reports major drop in new virus cases; 143 new deaths
BEIJING (AP) - China has reported 2,641 new virus cases, a major drop from the higher numbers in recent days since a broader diagnostic method was implemented. A notice from China's National Health Co...
Feb 14, 2020 Residents wearing masks wait at a traffic light in Beijing, China Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Traffic remained light in Beijing, and many people were still working at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
State law requires gratuities to be paid to employees
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-- Food service employees in the state of Illinois will keep more tips earned. New legislation has been signed by Governor JB Pritzker that clarifies an existing state law makes it cr...
Feb 12, 2020 Money-Flicker photo credit
Police make an arrest in multiple armed robberies
PEORIA, Ill.--Peoria Police located a suspect wanted in connection with several armed robberies Monday in Peoria. Gentry Maxison, 30, was taken into custody without incident at Sheridan and Nebraska i...
Feb 10, 2020 Peoria County Jail
Country Cares Radiothon Raises Money For St. Jude kids
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 kids at ...
Feb 07, 2020 MWC-Photo Credit 104.9 The Wolf
Vehicle crashes into Pekin Community High School
Pekin Police are investigating an incident that resulted in a vehicle crash at Pekin Community High School. Unconfirmed reports indicated that a man fled from police in a vehicle that ended up crashin...
Feb 05, 2020 MWC-Jeremy Scott photo - WMBD News
Trump boasts of economic gains on eve of impeachment verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the ra...
Feb 04, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
On eve of impeachment verdict, Trump tees up State of Union
(AP) - President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the race to re...
Feb 04, 2020 MWC-Fox News
Illinois unemployment lower as Peoria lost jobs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The unemployment rate in Illinois saw a decrease from 2018 to 2019. Preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Secur...
Jan 30, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
