Category Archives: Top Stories
United Airlines flights temporarily grounded Tuesday afternoon after computer issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A nationwide ground stop of United Airlines planes was in effect for around 15 minutes Tuesday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration in a post on X, formerly known as Twitt...
Sep 05, 2023 lkarasawa / CC
The Rolling Stones set to announce new album 'Hackney Diamonds'
LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones are set to announce "Hackney Diamonds", their first album of original music for 18 years. The band, who formed more than six decades ago, heralded a "new album, n...
Sep 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform as part of their "Stones Sixty Europe 2022 Tour", at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris, France July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
Pekin man arrested on felony sex charges in Woodford County
EL PASO, Ill. - A Pekin man is jailed in Woodford County on charges accusing him of trying to meet a teenager for sex. Police in El Paso say Dustin Armbrust, 41, is facing charges of Indecent Solicita...
Sep 05, 2023 Dustin Armbrust (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/El Paso Police)
UPDATE: Pennsylvania troopers expand search for convicted murderer
UPDATED 9/6 11:10 A.M. CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police have expanded their search area after escaped murder Danelo Cavalcante was seen on trail cameras. Police say there have been two ...
Sep 05, 2023 Danelo Cavalcante (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/West Chester Borough Police Department)
Car crashes into home Tuesday morning in Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A home was damaged in Peoria after a vehicle crashed into it Tuesday morning. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says the crash occurred just after 7:30 A.M. in the 800-block of W. Mac Queen. ...
Sep 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
McConnell's freeze-ups not stroke or seizure disorder -doctor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's two episodes of freezing up while speaking in public appear not to be the result of a stroke or seizure disorder, Congress's docto...
Sep 05, 2023 Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in Covington, Kentucky, U.S. August 30, 2023 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate WCPO via REUTERS
Meadows, other Trump allies plead not guilty in Georgia election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Don...
Sep 05, 2023 White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo
Second installment of real estate taxes in Peoria County due on Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The second installment of real estate taxes in Peoria County are due Wednesday. Peoria County Treasurer Nicole Bjerke says there's multiple options for people to pay their taxes; at mos...
Sep 05, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Musician Gary Wright dies at 80 after long battle with health
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Cal. - Singer Gary Wright, probably best known for his 70's hits "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive", has died at the age of 80. Wright had reportedly suffered over five years wit...
Sep 05, 2023 Steve Knight / CC
Local gas prices down a bit following Labor Day weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in the Peoria area have fallen 4.7 cents in the last week, averaging $3.88 a gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Pe...
Sep 05, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
