Category Archives: Top Stories
Pat Sajak to retire from record TV stint as 'Wheel of Fortune' host
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pat Sajak, the enduring master of ceremonies for "Wheel of Fortune," plans to retire at the end of his upcoming record 41st year hosting one of American television's longest-ru...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Television hosts Pat Sajak (L) and Alex Trebek accept the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 19, 2011. REUTERS/Richard Brian/File Photo
East Bluff home damaged by arson fire -- investigated, in part, by K9
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters say a fire to an unoccupied home Monday afternoon was deemed an arson. Fire crews say they were sent to a home on Indiana Avenue near Nebraska at 12:56 p.m., and saw...
Jun 12, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Gov. Rauner's portrait added to state Capitol's 'Hall of Governors'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Gov. Bruce Rauner's portrait has joined the "Hall of Governors" in the Illinois Capitol. The Winnetka Republican-turned-Florida resident on Monday un...
Jun 12, 2023 Former Gov. Bruce Rauner, now a Florida resident, unveils his official portrait before it is hung on the wall of the Illinois State Capitol. Rauner, a Republican, was governor from 2015 until 2019. Pictured above Rauner is the portrait of his predecessor, Democrat Pat Quinn, and at right is his Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Two arrested, one wanted, following Saturday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person remains wanted, while two others were arrested, following a shooting early Saturday morning in South Peoria. Police say a ShotSpotter alert was triggered at 1:33 a.m. after a...
Jun 12, 2023 Ethan Haynes (left) and Blayden Shutt (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker signs anti-book ban legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based ...
Jun 12, 2023 Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias holds his daughter while brandishing a bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Monday that aims to discourage book bans at Illinois libraries. Bill sponsor Sen. Laura Murphy, D-Des Plaines, is pictured at left and Pritzker is pictured at right. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Two early Sunday shootings in Peoria injure four
PEORIA, Ill. - At least two shootings were reported in Peoria during the early morning hours Sunday. In one, two ShotSpotter alerts were triggered around 12:58 a.m. totaling almost two dozen rounds fi...
Jun 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
US budget deficit mushrooms in May as revenue falls, Medicare outlays jump
(Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit swelled in May from a year earlier as revenue tumbled and Medicare spending surged, the Treasury Department said on Monday in its first monthly accounting of the go...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The American flag flies over the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Morning fire results in demolition
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say around $100,000 in damage was done to a home that caught on fire Monday morning. Crews were called around 8:55 a.m. to Fairholm Avenue not far from a fire statio...
Jun 12, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470- & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden has root canal treatment, cancels NATO meet, other events
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is rescheduling a meeting with the head of NATO and skipping his other public events on Monday to undergo his second root canal procedure in as many days...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden
US senator opens probe into PGA Tour, LIV Golf agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday asked the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for communications and records related to their planned merger. Blumenthal, a Democrat who chairs the Se...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Apr 23, 2023; Adelaide, South Australia, AUS; Dustin Johnson of Team Aces hits a shot during the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide golf tournament at Grange Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
