Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: David McCallum, 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' actor, dies at 90
UPDATED 6:31 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David McCallum, who became one of TV's biggest stars of the 1960s playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and then won over a new gener...
Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor David McCallum poses at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 22nd annual Hall of Fame gala in Beverly Hills, California March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
Civic Center: 'Best year' financially, great year for attendance
PEORIA, Ill. - 343. That's the number of event days the Peoria Civic Center had in the just-ended fiscal year, according to General Manager Rik Edgar. And with that kind of busy-ness, Edgar says that ...
Sep 25, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Victim in Peoria's 20th homicide identified
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the victim in Peoria's 20th homicide of the year Friday night in Central Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Jabbarius Highsmith, 15...
Sep 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
'Better Call Saul' creators beat Liberty Tax's defamation, trademark lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Better call this: Case dismissed. The creators of the hit crime drama "Better Call Saul" on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty ...
Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Bob Odenkirk attends the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Two arrested following traffic stop, one allegedly pulls loaded gun
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested by Peoria Police after an early Sunday incident where one of them allegedly pulled a loaded gun on officers. Police say it happened around 1:45 a.m. near Humbol...
Sep 25, 2023 Desean Jackson (left) and Amorta Nelson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
One seriously hurt during Saturday afternoon shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was seriously hurt when he was shot at Saturday afternoon. Officers say it happened just before 1:00 p.m. near Ann and Warren in South Peoria. Around a dozen rou...
Sep 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Government shutdown risks food benefits for 7 million, Biden aide warns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned on Monday that a government shutdown risks nutritional assistance for the nearly 7 million low-income women and children who rely o...
Sep 25, 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks about a possible government shutdown during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Moody's warns US government shutdown would be 'credit negative'
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. government shutdown would have negative implications for its credit assessment as it would highlight the weakness of U.S. institutional and governance strength compared to o...
Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Biden meets Pacific island leaders for 2nd summit to counter China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden met Pacific island leaders for a second White House summit on Monday, part of a charm offensive aimed at curbing further inroads by China into a strategic reg...
Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden attends the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Peoria home damaged in Monday morning fire. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An electrical fire is being cited as the cause of a fire Monday morning in the Moss-Bradley neighborhood. The fire was called in at around 11:00 A.M. to the 1500-block of W. Moss. Peori...
Sep 25, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
