Category Archives: National
Peoria TikToker attracts new residents to area
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria TikToker, Angie Ostaszewski, has been promoting and showing affordable homes in the area since late last year on her page, @angieslistings. All of Ostaszewski's videos start w...
May 28, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Fallen Capitol Police officer's mother urges senators to back probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mother of a police officer who died after battling a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol is seeking meetings with Republican senators to urge them to vote for a commission to...
May 27, 2021 REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
IDOT worker injured in hit-and-run Tuesday morning
WAYNE COUNTY, Ill. -- An Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) worker was hospitalized Tuesday morning after being hit by a car just after 7:30 in Southern Illinois. According to Illinois State...
May 25, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. reports lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year
(Reuters) - The United States last week reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a year, with new infections dropping 26% from the previous seven days to just under 180,000, accordin...
May 24, 2021 REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Two shot dead, eight injured after shooting in downtown Minneapolis
(Reuters) - Two men were shot dead and eight others were wounded in downtown Minneapolis, police said early on Saturday. "Of the 10 victims, all are adults, five male and five female. Two deceased are...
May 22, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
White House says it has pared infrastructure proposal to $1.7 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Friday it had pared down its infrastructure bill to $1.7 trillion from $2.25 trillion, with cuts to investments in broadband as well as roads and bridges,...
May 21, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
McDonald's workers across U.S. to strike Wednesday
McDonald's workers across the United States are expected to strike Wednesday, May 19, and demand the company raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Last week McDonald's announced they are increasing p...
May 19, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Parler returns to Apple's App Store, names new CEO
(Reuters) -Parler, a social media app popular with U.S. conservatives, returned to Apple Inc's App Store on Monday, after the iPhone maker dropped it following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capit...
May 17, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Bustos announces $8 million for Peoria International Airport
PEORIA, Ill. -- Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Friday announced a grant totaling more than $8 million will be headed to Peoria International Airport (PIA). The $8,057,860 grant is from the U.S. De...
May 14, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump-backed Stefanik wins vote to join House Republican leadership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Donald Trump's candidate Elise Stefanik to their leadership, succeeding Liz Cheney, who they ousted earlier this week for...
May 14, 2021 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
