Category Archives: Top Stories
Former PPS employee arrested after alleged inappropriate relationship with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A 20-year-old Peoria woman was arrested Thursday on charges related to an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Peoria Police on February 17th responded to the area of West Lake and ...
Mar 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria County monitoring norovirus cases
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Health Department says their monitoring norovirus cases. The department says outbreaks have been increasing in Peoria County and the Midwest. It's referred to as a "st...
Mar 03, 2023 (Peoria County Health Department)
U.S. Congress votes to block ESG investing, Biden veto expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican bill to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change cleared Congress on Wednesday, setting up a confrontation with...
Mar 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pritzker proposes program to address teacher shortages in Illinois
ELGIN, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is proposing additional education funding to address teacher shortages across the state. Data from the Illinois State Board of Education shows 3,558 unfil...
Mar 03, 2023 (State of Illinois)
LaHood urges responsible spending for Ukrainian war effort
PEORIA, Ill. - A local congressman says the war in Ukraine is just and needed, but he wants to see financial support from the United States spent wisely. Roughly a year after the conflict between Ukra...
Mar 03, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison after conviction in South Carolina murder trial
(Reuters) -Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer who was found guilty of killing his wife and son, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. A South Carolina jury on Thursday d...
Mar 03, 2023 Alex Murdaugh stands after he was found guilty on all four counts at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S. March 2, 2023. Andrew J. Whitaker/USA TODAY NETWORK/via REUTERS.
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump's claim that he is automatically immune from lawsuits over his supporters' assault on ...
Mar 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the recent derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, during an event at a fire station in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Mendoza pushes for law requiring greater deposits in 'rainy day' fund
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that would trigger automatic payments into the state's so-called "rainy day" fund is heading to the Illinois House for consideration after unanimous passag...
Mar 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
U.S. House Ethics Committee opens probe of Republican congressman Santos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into Republican congressman George Santos, who has admitted to lying about his ...
Mar 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) departs his office to attend a House vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Updated: Meeting, UAW ratification vote next weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- United Auto Workers 974 members will be meeting next weekend to ratify the tentative agreement with Caterpillar. According to 25 News, the four meetings to explain the tentative a...
Mar 02, 2023 Caterpillar's former downtown Peoria headquarters (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
