Author Archives: Mike Sabol
Weekend storm may require power restoration
PEORIA, Ill. -- A strong weather system will skirt through the Midwest this weekend, bringing freezing rain and wind, before the snowfall Saturday evening. Ice that accumulates on trees and power line...
Jan 10, 2020 MWC-Photo Credit - AMEREN ILLINOIS MEDIA PAGE
State Senator Chuck Weaver to retire at end of term
PEORIA, Ill. -- State Senator Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) has announced that he is retiring from the State Senate at the end of his term and will not seek reelection. In a news release on Thursday, in Oct...
Jan 09, 2020
Multiple fire crews battle a Washington house fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A blaze breaks out in a Washington home. Washington fire crews were called to a report of a house fire in the 700 block of Landau Lane after 7 p.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived, th...
Jan 08, 2020
Caterpillar implementing temporary layoffs
PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar has indicated layoffs may be on the horizon in Central Illinois. The company released a statement on Tuesday implementing some temporary layoffs in East Peoria. The stateme...
Jan 07, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Illinois cannabis dispensaries keep up with supply and demand
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Federal and Professional Regulation has announced that statewide adult-use cannabis sales from Wednesday, January 1 through Sunday, January 5 totaled $10,830,667.9...
Jan 06, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Iran vows revenge for attack that killed powerful general
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iran has vowed to retaliate after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East. Tensions between the two countries have soared. Reflecting ...
Jan 03, 2020 mwc-AP News Photo Credit
Tension in the Middle East; Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike
BAGHDAD --(AP) - Iraqi state TV and three Iraqi officials say Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport. Th...
Jan 03, 2020
A wild ride of extreme weather in 2019
PEORIA, Ill. - 2019 was a year of weather extremes for Central Illinois. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins provided WMBD News a summary. Peoria had a visit from the Polar Vortex o...
Dec 31, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois time change may cause confusion at Missouri border
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border. Many ...
Dec 31, 2019 MWC- (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Illinois unemployment data released
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The unemployment rate in Illinois decreased in November of 2019. Thirteen Illinois metropolitan areas had increased job growth according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Bu...
Dec 27, 2019
