Category Archives: Top Stories
Man found fit to stand trial, one year after death of grandmother
PEORIA, Ill. - A year after he was arrested for allegedly killing his grandmother, a judge says the accused is mentally fit enough to stand trial. Peoria County Court records indicate a judge made tha...
Apr 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
Layoffs at Natural Fiber Welding
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area business is laying off almost ten percent of its workforce. Officials at Natural Fiber Welding say the ten percent layoff affects all levels of employment -- the first tim...
Apr 13, 2023 (Natural Fiber Welding)
Bradley University seeking opinions on former Avanti's property
PEORIA, Ill. - Leaders at Bradley University would like to know from the community what to do with the former Avanti's property near campus. The university in January purchased the site at the corner ...
Apr 13, 2023 (25 News)
Police release security photos from recent armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - More information is being revealed about a robbery at a pizza restaurant Monday evening. The robbery happened at the Campustown-area Papa John's. Victims told police a male walked in, d...
Apr 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police)
Wisconsin man charged with homicide in car crash death of Peoria man
MADISON, Wis. - A homicide charge is being filed in connection with a fatal crash in Wisconsin that authorities say killed a Peoria man. Jesse Boley, 36, faces a charge of Homicide by Intoxicated Use ...
Apr 13, 2023 (Wisconsin State Patrol)
Woodruff students make treats for shelter animals
PEORIA, Ill. - Culinary students at Woodruff Career and Technical Center in Peoria are using their skills to help feed their four-legged friends. The students made dog and cat treats to donate to the ...
Apr 13, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecutors rest case in ComEd bribery trial as former CEO plans to take stand in her defense
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison in a trial where the four sta...
Apr 13, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Justin Pearson sworn back in to Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Tennessee state Representative Justin Pearson was sworn in on Thursday morning after he was reappointed to the legislature from which he and another Democratic colleagu...
Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Justin J. Pearson gestures after a vote for his reinstatement by the Shelby County Commission, days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Appeals court refuses to decide if Trump can be shielded from rape accuser's lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday refused to decide whether Donald Trump can be shielded from the first of two defamation lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said...
Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Mother of Louisville shooter frantically called 911 to warn of his plans
(Reuters) - The mother of the 25-year-old bank employee who killed five people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage at his Kentucky workplace on Monday had frantically called 911 to report he...
Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean/File Photo
