Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria-area gas prices rise again this week, according to two agencies. Here's why, according to one of them
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area have risen again. Both GasBuddy.com and AAA say their averages have increased about nine cents a gallon in the last week in their local regions. AAA's is a...
Jul 31, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
A man is dead after a head-on collision in rural Peoria County
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. - A Princeville man is dead after the car he was driving crossed traffic and hit another vehicle head-on. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Robert Renken, 66, was pronounced d...
Jul 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Bradley University says tightening finances and lower enrollment will result in budget and job cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University says enrollment isn't as high as they'd like, and finances are suffering because of it, so it's time to make some cuts. The university and its president Stephen Stand...
Jul 31, 2023 (Bradley University)
Hunter Biden associate described 'illusion of access' to Joe, Democratic lawmaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A witness in a Republican-led congressional probe said on Monday that Hunter Biden sought to create an "illusion of access" to his father Joe Biden while doing business in Ukrain...
Jul 31, 2023 Devon Archer, a former Hunter Biden business associate, arrives for a deposition before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm
Peoria Police say all juveniles were arrested in three separate incidents over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Juveniles were arrested in three separate incidents in Peoria over the weekend, according to Peoria Police. Peoria Police say they discovered an armed robbery just before 5 p.m. Sunday,...
Jul 31, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Life sentence for Idaho mother accused of killing two children and husband's ex-wife
ST. ANTHONY, Id. - An Idaho mother has been sentenced to five life terms in prison for the deaths of two of her children and her husband's previous wife. A judge Monday sentenced Lori Vallow Daybell -...
Jul 31, 2023 Lori Vallow Daybell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ada County Sheriff)
UPDATE: Coroner identifies motorcyclist killed in an accident in rural Morton
UPDATED: 4:44 p.m. 8/1/23 MORTON, Ill. - The Tazewell County coroner has now identified the victim of a motorcycle vs car crash Sunday afternoon. Coroner Charles Hanley says 67-year-old Donald Butterf...
Jul 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Ron DeSantis, in campaign speech, lashes out at China, corporate power
ROCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis took an aggressive swipe at China, railed against what he described as corporate bailouts, and said he would re...
Jul 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former diplomat Scott Brown films the crowd as wife Gail Huff looks on as Florida Governor and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during his "No B.S. Backyard BBQ" series, in Rye, New Hampshire, U.S. July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
UPDATE: Paul Reubens, actor who played Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70
UPDATED 1:22 P.M. (Reuters) -Paul Reubens, the actor who played Pee-wee Herman, a nerdy character who wore a gray suit and red bowtie while delighting children and adults alike with his distinctive "h...
Jul 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Paul Reubens 'Pee-wee Herman' arrives for the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York April 14, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A Peoria man goes to federal prison for possessing a loaded handgun
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend several years in federal prison after guns were found in a car he was in earlier this year. The U.S. Attorney's Office says a federal judge last week sentenced J...
Jul 31, 2023 Jermaine Allison (1470 &100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail November 2022)
