Category Archives: Top Stories
Chris Janson to perform prior to Peoria July 4th fireworks show
PEORIA, Ill. - A big country star will be in Peoria performing the night of "Carle Health Red White and Boom, Brought Home by Adam Merrick Real Estate." The Peoria Chiefs say Chris Janson with Eddie M...
Apr 20, 2023 Jules on the Road / CC
Jury convicts man of 2021 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has convicted a man in connection with a shooting outside a liquor store. Court records indicate a jury Wednesday found David Dillard, 27, guilty of counts of Aggra...
Apr 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Republican-led ban on transgender student athletes passes US House, moves to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican bill intended to ban transgender women and girls from competing in women's and girls' school sports, delivering...
Apr 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Congressman Greg Steube, (R-FL), speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS
SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully launched on first test flight, then explodes
BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop the company's powerful new Super Heavy rocket in an...
Apr 20, 2023 SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023 in a still image from video. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS
US weekly jobless claims edge up; mid-Atlantic factory activity slumps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, suggesting the labor market was gradually slowing as the Federal Reserve's yea...
Apr 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
CityLink offers free rides in honor of Jerome Lilly on Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Thursday, CityLink celebrates its 14th Annual Passenger Appreciation Day in honor of Jerome Lilly, by providing free rides to passengers all day on CityLink fixed route buses, CityL...
Apr 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr launches US Democratic presidential bid
(Reuters) -Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, announced on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the 2024 Dem...
Apr 20, 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a speech announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Two killed as tornadoes, storms rip through Oklahoma
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed in McClain County, Oklahoma, as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through several regions of Central U.S. late on Wednesday, local authorities said. ...
Apr 20, 2023 A general view shows damage during a rain-wrapped tornado in Cole, Oklahoma, U.S., April 19, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Hans Duran/via REUTERS
UPDATE - Severe storms hit central Illinois Thursday afternoon
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - There was a lot of bark, but little bite to severe weather Thursday afternoon in central Illinois. Multiple tornado warnings were issued in Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford,...
Apr 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
County Board approves 'maximum' cost of new HHS building construction
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Board has okayed what is being described as a maximum cost for the long-proposed brand new health and human services campus. County officials say the vote Wednesday wa...
Apr 19, 2023 (Peoria County via 25 News)
