Category Archives: Top Stories
Bradley University President assures campus is safe after bomb threat
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University's President is assuring the community that the campus is safe after a bomb threat Tuesday evening. Stephen Standifird made a statement on Bradley's Facebook page abou...
Apr 26, 2023 (Bradley University)
South Korea, US set for new collaboration to deter North's nuclear threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol are expected to agree on Wednesday to deepen collaboration to deter nuclear escalation by North Korea amid anxiety ...
Apr 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol stand on stage together during an official White House State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. confirms second American death in Sudan, seeks extended ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A second American has died in Sudan, the White House said on Wednesday, adding that it was helping a small number of U.S. citizens seeking to leave the country amid ongoing clash...
Apr 26, 2023 Smoke rises from the tarmac of Khartoum International Airport as a fire burns, in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Abdullah Abdel Moneim/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
McCarthy's debt-ceiling bill tests unity of U.S. House Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives could as early as Wednesday vote on a bill to sharply cut spending for a decade in exchange for a short-term hike in the debt ceiling, though i...
Apr 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other House Republicans hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Peoria extends ShotSpotter contract with PPD
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council Tuesday night unanimously agreed to extend the police department's contract with ShotSpotter. The contract runs for three years and will cost about $900,000. Peoria...
Apr 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
All-clear after Bradley University bomb threat
UPDATED 11:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A more than two hour lockdown at Bradley University Tuesday night, after a bomb threat was called in to Peoria Police. A bomb was not believed to be found, but Bradle...
Apr 25, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury charges man with murder for Dunlap shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a Peoria man on three counts of First-Degree Murder. The grand jury also indicted Walter Artis, Jr., 26, on counts of Home Invasion and Aggravate...
Apr 25, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Underground restaurant to re-open, above-ground restaurant to debut, in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former downtown Peoria restaurant located underground is not only making a comeback, it's going to, in a way, also makes its way above ground. Richard's Under Main -- known for servin...
Apr 25, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Group accuses organization's head of embezzlement, board president of enabling it
UPDATED 6:51 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A group described as former employees, members of a Peoria church, and other community leaders asked two top officials with an organization originally started by the c...
Apr 25, 2023 (METEC)
One killed in petroleum plant explosion in Chicago area
LEMONT, Ill. - An explosion at a petroleum plant Tuesday morning in the Chicago area has left at least one person dead. Another person was taken to a hospital in Joliet after the explosion at Seneca P...
Apr 25, 2023 D4E / CC
