Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County receives $5.6 million for lead hazard control
PEORIA, Ill. - A new grant will help with children's health in Peoria. The Peoria County Health Department announced on Wednesday that the department has been awarded a grant for lead hazard control. ...
Oct 09, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Downtown to see the Peoria Innovation District
PEORIA, Ill. - Parts of downtown Peoria will be designated as the Peoria Innovation District. Jake Hamann, the Executive Director of the Peoria Innovation Alliance said the area being designated is a ...
Oct 09, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
"Lights On, Peoria:" Peoria Public Schools awarded federal grant
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools announced Wednesday the school district was awarded a $3,475,172 School Climate Transformation Grant. The grant is for three high schools: Richwoods, Peoria High a...
Oct 09, 2019 MWC-MS1470WMBD
CAT maintains quarterly dividend
PEORIA, Ill. --Caterpillar, Inc. has announced that the company's quarterly dividend will stay at $1.03 per share of common stock, payable Nov. 20 to shareholders on record on Oct. 21. Since 2009, Cat...
Oct 09, 2019 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
NATO chief says Turkey has legitimate concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - The secretary-general of NATO is urging Turkey not to "further destabilize the region" through its military action in northern Syria. Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference in Rome ...
Oct 09, 2019 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks on the phone with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar before reportedly giving orders for the start of the military operation into Syria, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Minutes before Erdogan's announcement, Turkish jets began pounding suspected Syrian Kurdish positions in the Syrian town of Ras al Ayn, according to Turkish media reports.(Turkish Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)
Kurdish official says Turkey targeting civilians
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in northern Syria says Turkish warplanes have started targeting "civilian areas" in northern Syria. Mustafa Bali of the Syrian Democ...
Oct 09, 2019 Members of Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (former FSA) flash the V-sign as they drive back to Turkey after they went in for some time on inspection according to the Turkish police entourage in the same area at the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long threatened to send troops into northeastern Syria to clear the border region of Syrian Kurdish fighters whom Turkey considers a serious security threat. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
PPS seeking input on 'snow day' learning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools is looking for input on snow day learning from home. Last year, the Illinois State Board of Education allowed school districts to impliment 'work from home' days, ...
Oct 09, 2019
White House, Democrats spar over rules for impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and Democrats in the House of Representatives are headed toward a battle royal over what exactly the Constitution means when it says the "sole power of impeachment" l...
Oct 09, 2019
Peoria City Council discusses regulations of recreational cannabis
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois is a few months away from recreational marijuana becoming legal, and the Peoria City Council is closer to deciding if recreational marijuana will be sold on the city. Tuesday n...
Oct 08, 2019
The Illinois Lottery launch instant game to fight breast cancer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Lottery launched the latest "Ticket For The Cure" instant game to benefit the fight against breast cancer. Officials say on an average.. a woman is diagnosed with brea...
Oct 08, 2019 MWC
