Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria teen arrested for July shooting near Parkview Estates
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager has been arrested in connection with a Peoria shooting last month. The night of Saturday, July 15, Peoria Police were called to the area of N. Gale and Institute Place on rep...
Aug 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ex-Madigan aide was warned several times that lying to grand jury would result in perjury charges
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Nearly six months after former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was forced to fire his longtime chief of staff, those in the speaker's inner circle were once ag...
Aug 17, 2023 Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff for longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. He is standing trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
"Wicked" returning to Peoria in 2024-25. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An iconic Broadway musical is making its way back to Peoria for the first time since 2016. Peoria Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar announced on WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show" that "Wi...
Aug 17, 2023 (Peoria Civic Center)
Pritzkers donate over $100K for Grand Champion Steer at State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Being in the Governor's Sale of Champions is something all livestock exhibitors dream about. Each year, the marquee event showcases the hard work and dedication of the youth in the...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gov. Pritzker's Facebook--This year’s Grand Champion Steer at the Illinois State Fair was raised by Kashen Ellerbrock of Atktinson, Illinois. )
Pritzker vetoes measure granting Ameren authority over transmission line construction
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the "right of first refusal" for tra...
Aug 16, 2023 State Rep. Larry Walsh, D-Elwood, is pictured in an Illinois House committee room earlier this year. He said he is going to try to override Gov. JB Pritzker's veto of a bill that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission line construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump, Rauner, policy wins on Democrats' minds during State Fair's political festivities
(NOTE: This story has one instance of a curse word being used.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner remained popular punching bags for Illinois Democrats as they ...
Aug 16, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to the crowd at Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Witnesses to Buffalo mass shooting sue social media, gun companies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixteen people who witnessed a white supremacist kill 10 Black victims in a shooting last year at a Buffalo, New York grocery store have sued social media and firearms-related com...
Aug 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of law enforcement work at the scene of a weekend shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Indictments for arson, assault filed by Peoria County grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury filed indictments in a number of cases Tuesday. Among them: *A Peoria County grand jury filed counts of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding, and Aggravated Assault...
Aug 16, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecutors propose March 2024 trial date in Trump Georgia case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed that former U.S. President Donald Trump's trial on election interference charges start on March 4, 2024, a date that woul...
Aug 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks to the media after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use
(Reuters) -Access to the abortion pill mifepristone must be restricted, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, ordering a ban on telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug by mail, though ...
Aug 16, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, line a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
