Category Archives: Top Stories
A garage caught on fire Saturday evening in Peoria. Here's what we've learned
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters are still trying to investigate the cause of a fire Saturday evening. Crews were called to a home on East Thrush, in the city's East Bluff area, around 9:15 p.m. and...
Jul 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US remains concerned North Korea will conduct another missile test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday the Biden administration remains concerned that North Korea will move forward with another intercontinental ba...
Jul 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 13, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS/FILE PHOTO
Pennsylvania inmate who escaped jail caught after nine-day manhunt
WARREN, Pa. - Authorities in Pennsylvania say a man who escaped a county prison more than a week ago has been found. Pennsylvania State Police confirm Michael Charles Burham was taken in to custody Sa...
Jul 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pennsylvania State Police)
Man in critical condition following Saturday evening Peoria shooting. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting early Saturday evening in Central Peoria. Peoria Police say they found evidence of a reported shooting in the parking lo...
Jul 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
More details released about fatal accident during Mackinaw's 'Mack-a-Fest'
MACKINAW, Ill. - We're learning more from authorities about an accident in Mackinaw Friday night that resulted in the cancellation of the final day of the city's Mack-A-Fest. Peoria County Coroner Jam...
Jul 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Fire breaks out at Dow Louisiana facility
(Reuters) - A fire broke out at Dow's Plaquemine chemical facility in Louisiana, the U.S. chemical maker said in a statement late on Friday. Everyone at the facility was accounted for and the fire was...
Jul 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an entrance to a Dow Chemical Co plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana December 12, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo
Child's death prompts cancellation of the final day of a Mackinaw festival. Here's what we know
MACKINAW, Ill. (25 News) -- A child's death Friday night in Mackinaw near the Mack-A-Fest carnival prompted some in the Tazewell County community to express their sorrow on social media. The child die...
Jul 15, 2023 (Facebook--A Mackinaw resident posted this graphic after a child was struck and killed near the Mack-A-Fest Friday night.)
Man sentenced to almost seven decades in prison for Peoria's first homicide of 2022. Here's what happened
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has learned his fate for the first of two homicides he is believed to have committed on New Years Day of last year. Court records indicate a judge Friday sentenced Robert W...
Jul 14, 2023 Robert White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
Suspect charged with decade-old murders on New York's Long Island
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A man has been charged with the murders of three women in New York more than a decade ago and leaving their bodies near a Long Island beach, the Suffolk County District Attorney's ...
Jul 14, 2023 Suffolk County Police and investigators are pictured near the scene of the arrest of a suspect in multiple murders of up to 10 women on Long Island in Massapequa Park, New York, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Central Illinois residents dreaming of winning big in multiple lottery jackpots this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There's multiple chances to win life-changing money this weekend. A combined $1.4 billion is up for grabs in the jackpots for three separate lottery games. The grand prize for Frid...
Jul 14, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
