Category Archives: Top Stories
City of Peoria could buy out water system
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a lot of work left to do, but the Peoria City Council is starting the process of whether to buy out the city's water system. The council voted 7-4 Tuesday night to spend $100,00...
Jun 14, 2023 Illinois American Water
Fed leaves rates steady, sees two small hikes by end of 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signaled in new economic projections that borrowing costs will likely rise by another half of a percentage poin...
Jun 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, U.S., on March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
PPD makes ghost gun arrest
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was arrested on weapons charges Tuesday morning in Peoria for allegedly possessing a loaded ghost gun. Peoria Police responded around 7:50 a.m. Tuesday to W. Oakcrest Drive, in t...
Jun 14, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US producer inflation subsides as energy, food prices fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices fell more than expected in May as the costs of energy goods and food declined, signaling that inflation pressures were abating throughout the economy and co...
Jun 14, 2023 People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Peoria council considers closing bars earlier due to violence
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Council woman is worried about increasing violence over the past few months, involving large crowds overnight in the city. Police found a large group on North Main Street earl...
Jun 14, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump faces difficult odds in classified documents case
(Reuters) -Donald Trump faces a formidable task defending against charges that he illegally kept top-secret documents upon leaving the White House in 2021, according to legal experts, who say neither ...
Jun 14, 2023 Former U.S. President Trump appears on classified document charges after a federal indictment at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, alongside his aide Walt Nauta and attorneys Chris Kise and Todd Blanche in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 13, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
NHL-Vegas hits the jackpot, beats Florida to win Stanley Cup
(Reuters) -The Vegas Golden Knights hit the ultimate National Hockey League jackpot on Tuesday by crushing the visiting Florida Panthers 9-3 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in the expansion ...
Jun 14, 2023 Jun 13, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; The Vegas Golden Knights celebrate the win over the Florida Panthers in game five of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports
Why Trump's Republican rivals are lining up behind him to attack the FBI
(Reuters) -For decades U.S. Republicans have proudly claimed to be the party of law and order. But the indictment of former President Donald Trump by federal prosecutors over the alleged mishandling o...
Jun 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Missing South Dakota man found dead in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A man reported missing in South Dakota has been found dead in Peoria County. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says Eric King, 55, was found inside a storage facility on Farmingt...
Jun 13, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Grand jury charges Peoria man with felony sex count
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is charged by a county grand jury with allegedly having sexual contact with a minor. The grand jury charged Michael Montford, 26, with a felony count of Aggravated Criminal...
Jun 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
