Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker touts Bob Michel bridge project to soon begin
PEORIA, Ill. - A nearly $25 million project will get underway a bit more than a month from now that will give walkers and bike riders more access to the Bob Michel Bridge. Governor JB Pritzker used th...
Feb 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Knox County woman charged with murder after body found in storage locker
GALESBURG, Ill. - A rural Knox County woman originally facing charges of Concealment of a Death after a body was found in a storage locker back in October, is now facing a charge of First-Degree Murde...
Feb 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Journalist with Illinois ties shares experiences of Turkey's earthquakes
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- James Zahora is an American journalist who's been working in Turkey for about a decade. The Chicago area native spoke with WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show" Tuesday morning about the ...
Feb 07, 2023 Harold Litwiler / CC
Peoria woman robbed at Civic Center Plaza parking garage
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called to the Civic Center Plaza Parking Deck in the area of Fulton and NE Jefferson Streets Monday night for an armed robbery. A female victim told police she was a...
Feb 07, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire at Allied Iron & Steel in Peoria under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- A fire early Tuesday morning at Allied Iron and Steel in Peoria has caused $500,000 damage. Crews were called to the business on Clark Street around 3:45 a.m. A passerby reported the f...
Feb 07, 2023 (Peoria Fire Department Facebook)
Central IL Auto Show canceled
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Central Illinois Auto Show at the Peoria Civic Center is canceled for a third straight year. The Peoria Metro New Car Dealers Association announced Monday there were a number of fa...
Feb 07, 2023 (Central Illinois Auto Show Facebook Page)
UPDATE: Biden to push for new taxes, appeal for unity in State of the Union speech -- LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT
UPDATED 4:19 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will face Republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about the country's direction in Tuesday's State of the Union...
Feb 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Rescuers dig through rubble as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800
UPDATED 3:50 p.m. ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in hars...
Feb 07, 2023 A woman looks on as rescuers search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Biden says U.S.-China relations not weakened by balloon incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Monday that relations between Washington and Beijing were not weakened by the United States' downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the week...
Feb 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden listens during a meeting of the White House Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pritzker announces $40 million grant program to promote development-ready 'megasites'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the creation of a $40 million grant program to incentivize the creation of large development-ready areas known as "me...
Feb 06, 2023 (State of Illinois)
