Category Archives: Top Stories
CCA talks city option for funding rest of capital needs
PEORIA, Ill. - Members of the Peoria Civic Center Authority seem to be receptive to the city helping them finance more of the center's list of capital projects including a new ice rink-making system, ...
Feb 23, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Two injured in Peoria head-on collision
PEORIA, Ill. - At least one person was seriously injured when two vehicles collided head-on Thursday afternoon in Central Peoria. Peoria firefighters responded to the crash just prior to 3:00 p.m. nea...
Feb 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Ankle monitor, curfew imposed on Rossi ahead of federal trial
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi has allegedly violated conditions of his pre-trial release from custody at least five times. That's according to a decision made in a federal courtro...
Feb 23, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria Police investigate stolen speeding vehicles
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects in a case where three speeding vehicles were located in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the vehicles were found driving at a high rate of speed i...
Feb 23, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man accused of gun possession, attempted arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after apparently having a gun in his possession and trying to light items inside a home on fire. Police say they were called around 6:30 Wednesday night to a home...
Feb 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
GOP lawmakers call for hearings in wake of abuse at Choate
This article was produced for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - All 59 Republican ...
Feb 23, 2023 Rep. Charlie Meier, R-Okawville, speaks at a news conference with his Republican colleagues to call for operational changes at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna in response to an investigative series by Lee Enterprises Midwest, Capitol News Illinois and ProPublica. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years on L.A. rape conviction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on T...
Feb 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, USA, 04 October 2022. Harvey Weinstein was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges. Etienne Laurent/Pool via REUTERS/
New IL Secretary of State plans to modernize office
PEORIA, Ill. - New Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says he wants to continue to modernize -- and, when possible -- digitize his office. Giannoulias says he is aware there's an aging popu...
Feb 23, 2023 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
UPDATE - No reported incidents at Wednesday's IHSA boys basketball regional
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Police Department and Peoria Public Schools are praising a successful effort to keep people safe at postseason basketball games. Limited attendance restrict...
Feb 23, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
At derailment scene, Buttigieg urges U.S. railroads embrace reforms
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's Ohio train derailment and toxic spill on Thursday and urged freight rail companies not ...
Feb 23, 2023 A general view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
