Category Archives: Top Stories
State Farm informs state about hundreds of I-T layoffs
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- State Farm Insurance is notifying the state it will lay off 451 Information Technology employees working at the company's Corporate South offices in Bloomington starting at the en...
Feb 02, 2023 (State Farm)
PPD: Man arrested for bomb threats at Pere Marquette
UPDATED 12:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in connection with a series of bomb threats that forced guests to evacuate the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown, the most recent th...
Feb 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Past, present, and future of Central Illinois weather to be discussed
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms that dump more water than expected can bring negative effects to an area that is more than just flooding. That's according to state climatologist Trent Ford, who is appearing at ...
Feb 01, 2023 (University of Illinois)
George Michael, Willie Nelson among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
(Reuters) - Late pop singer George Michael, 89-year-old country music icon Willie Nelson and rapper Missy Elliott are among the first-time nominees announced on Wednesday for the Rock & Roll Hall ...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The 53rd Annual CMA Awards - Show - Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., November 13, 2019 - Willie Nelson performs. REUTERS/Harrison McClary/File Photo
Biden, McCarthy found 'common ground' in debt meeting, House Speaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held initial talks on Wednesday on raising U.S. government borrowing limits in a first test of how the two will wo...
Feb 01, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the federal debt limit and spending, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Fed delivers small rate hike, still anticipates 'ongoing increases'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, yet continued to promise "ongoing increases" in borrowing costs as part of i...
Feb 01, 2023 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses reporters after the Fed raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Woman injured in late-afternoon shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was seriously injured late Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in South Peoria. It happened around 3:00 p.m. near the intersection of Laramie and Wiswall. Peoria Police said the w...
Feb 01, 2023 (25 News)
Tyre Nichols funeral draws civil rights leaders, U.S. vice president
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -Family and friends of Tyre Nichols gathered in a Memphis church on Wednesday to pay their final respects to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal beating by police last mo...
Feb 01, 2023 A view of a picture of Tyre Nichols during a news conference held by the family members of Nichols, the Black man who was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died three days later, at Mason Temple: Church of God in Christ World Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Man accused in attack on Planned Parenthood facility makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe man accused of throwing what was believed to be a molotov cocktail into the Peoria Planned Parenthood building can be found to stand trial in the case. A federal judge Wed...
Feb 01, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police warn of another phone scam
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - An all-too-familiar scam once again rears its ugly head -- this time, in a somewhat different form. Police in Peoria Heights say they've been made aware that residents are getti...
Feb 01, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
