Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria man pleads guilty during trial to shooting, sent to prison
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man's trial was supposed to continue Tuesday after a shooting last September. Instead, court records indicate, Jay'vion Lee, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of Aggravated Batter...
Apr 25, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Academy Sports + Outdoors coming to Peoria
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A new sporting goods store will be expanding north into Peoria this summer. Academy Sports + Outdoors will occupy the former Gordman's location at Grand Prairie Plaza....
Apr 25, 2023 ((Academy Sports + Outdoors))
Biden will veto US House Speaker McCarthy's debt bill if it passed Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If U.S. President Joe Biden were to be presented with Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy's spending and debt bill, he would veto it, the White House said...
Apr 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria Public School Board delays approving new food service contract
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School Board may try before they buy. The board Monday night tabled a motion to approve a new one-year, food service contract with OrganicLife for more than $3.8 milli...
Apr 25, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
IL Senate GOP lawmakers discuss bills dealing with fentanyl, assaults, DUI, and others
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Senate Republican lawmakers are introducing a series of bills related to crime-fighting, including some that one area lawmaker says are one that are personal for her. Legi...
Apr 25, 2023 Sen. Sally Turner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly)
Pritzker advocates for workers' rights at national trades unions conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While at North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference, Gov. J-B Pritzker spoke about the role that unions play in Illinois' economy. "When I spoke with you four ye...
Apr 25, 2023 (State of Illinois)
'Corrupt influence' or 'collateral damage'? Jury to decide fate of 'ComEd Four'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Before jury deliberations begin on the fate of four ex-Commonwealth Edison officials after a six-week bribery trial, an attorney for one of the defendants got emotion...
Apr 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96
(Reuters) -Harry Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting "Day O" in his 1950s hit song "Banana Boat" before turning to political activism,...
Apr 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Harry Belafonte (C) laughs with a fellow audience member as they depart after a reception for the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors recipients at the White House in Washington, December 8, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Reditus court-appointed receiver asks to file $100 million lawsuit against Rossi
PEKIN, Ill. -- The attorney appointed a year ago to oversee the now shuttered Reditus Labs in Pekin is asking for the right to sue former CEO Aaron Rossi for $100 million. The request is filed in Taze...
Apr 25, 2023 (25 News)
Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official: "Let's finish this job"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, alrea...
Apr 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the 2023 Teacher of the Year event at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
