Category Archives: Top Stories
Crane collapses in New York City, multiple people injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The top portion of a construction crane caught fire and collapsed on the west side of Manhattan on Wednesday, injuring several people as debris rained down on the street during the...
Jul 26, 2023 Smoke is visible after a construction crane caught fire on a high-rise building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
No Mega Millions winner, jackpot for Friday's drawing grows even bigger
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to $910 million after no one matched all the numbers in Tuesday night's drawing of $820 million. The winning numbers for Tuesday's jackpot, the fift...
Jul 26, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Peoria City Council gets a first look at a proposed Riverfront Park. Take a look
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council has had its first official look at plans for a new Riverfront Park, but there are concerns - both about how little some council members feel they know, and the c...
Jul 25, 2023 This is one of the views of the conceptual designs for a proposed Peoria Riverfront Park. (City of Peoria/Terra Engineering)
A man is indicted by a grand jury for a shooting in Peoria on the 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted by a county grand jury in connection with a shooting on the Fourth of July. The grand jury Tuesday charged Carl Clifton, 45, with counts of Aggravated Bat...
Jul 25, 2023 Carl Clifton (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
AFSCME ratifies new 4-year contract with the state
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker and the state's largest public employee union announced Tuesday that they have agreed on a new contract that will provide a nearly 18 perce...
Jul 25, 2023 The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
US senators express bipartisan alarm about AI, focusing on biological attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both Democratic and Republican senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the potential for a malevolent use of artificial intelligence, focusing on the possibility of AI being u...
Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo and AI Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
A 'Heat Advisory' will be in effect the rest of the work week. What does it mean?
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Heat Advisory will be in effect for the rest of the work week in Central Illinois, starting Wednesday. The National Weather Service says highs will be close to 100 Thursday and F...
Jul 25, 2023 (National Weather Service - Lincoln, IL)
Peoria housing market second quarter update provides mixed bag of numbers
PEORIA, Ill. - The housing market in Peoria has positives and negatives after the halfway point of 2023. Peoria Area Association of Realtors Secretary and Treasurer Keith McKeever joined WMBD's "Greg ...
Jul 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
Peoria Firefigthters 'Fill the Truck' again to help kids going back to school. Here's how
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters once again did much better than they expected collecting backpacks, school supplies, and money to buy more, all for local kids. In the second year of their "Fill the...
Jul 25, 2023 300 scientific calculators donated to the Peoria Fire Department will be added to some of the nearly 900 backpacks full of school supplies collected by the department, and will be given to local students. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US judge blocks Biden's new border asylum restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan for deterring m...
Jul 25, 2023 Migrants are seen gathered on the U.S.-Mexico border at sunrise after the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez
