Category Archives: Top Stories
'Round1' to close Northwoods Mall location
PEORIA, Ill. - A national bowling and gaming chain is closing its Peoria location in about two months. Officials with "Round1" say slow sales are to blame for the closure of the location at Northwoods...
Mar 22, 2023 (Facebook/Round 1 Northwoods)
Coroner: Further tests on drowning victim pending
PEORIA, Ill. - The woman who was found dead in the Illinois River north of the Riverplex in downtown Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on...
Mar 22, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Thousands in Ulta fragrances taken from East Peoria store -Police
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A popular retailer in East Peoria apparently has become a big target of retail theft. East Peoria Police say at least $2,500 worth of fragrances were recently taken from the Ulta S...
Mar 22, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Weaver supports legislation allowing students workplace training
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The area's newest representative in Springfield is supporting legislation that a lobbying group says should increase training opportunities, and strengthen the workforce. It's a pa...
Mar 22, 2023 (Travis Weaver via Facebook)
Wall St ends sharply lower after Powell warns inflation fight continues
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street gyrated to end sharply lower on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected 25 basis point policy hike, while hinting that it was on the verge...
Mar 22, 2023 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Appellate court upholds Peoria teen's 2019 murder conviction
OTTAWA, Ill. - An Illinois appellate court says a judge in 2019 properly took into account all the appropriate factors in sentencing a 14-year-old to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of First...
Mar 22, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria County Sheriff's Office warning of new phone scam
PEORIA, Ill. - If there is a warrant out for your arrest, you won't get a call about it. That's what the Peoria County Sheriff's Office is saying after several reports from residents of a new scam cir...
Mar 22, 2023 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
UPDATE: Fed delivers small rate increase, says 'some additional' tightening possible
UPDATED 2:24 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, but indicated it was on the verge of pausing further increases in bor...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person walks past the Park Avenue location of the First Republic Bank, in New York City, U.S., March 10, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Peoria City Council discusses changes to cannabis dispensary ordinances
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria city officials now have some clear direction from the City Council about how to update the city's ordinances regarding legal cannabis. But not every piece of policy direction Tue...
Mar 22, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
TikTok would be tough to ban in the US without a new law, experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the govern...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
