Category Archives: Top Stories
Flood, mudslide threats prompt evacuations along California coast
MONTECITO, Calif. (Reuters) -The latest in a string of Pacific storms blamed for at least 12 deaths soaked California on Monday, prompting evacuations of some 25,000 people, including the entire town ...
Jan 10, 2023 Abandoned cars are left in a flooded street in east Santa Barbara, California, U.S. January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Erica Urech
Pekin Council rejects proposal allowing recall of elected officials
PEKIN, Ill. -- A proposal that would have made it possible for Pekin voters to remove elected leaders from office was defeated by the city council Monday night. The council's vote was 6-1, with Karen ...
Jan 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: IL Senate's assault weapons ban passes House, goes to Governor
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. The Illinois House Tuesday voted to approve the Senate's version of an assault weapons ban, by a vote of 68-41. It now goes to Governor JB Pritzker for his signature. A separate stor...
Jan 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A bump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, U.S., October 4, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Classified documents from Biden's vice presidency found at think tank
UPDATED 5:49 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Classified documents from Joe Biden's vice-presidential days were discovered in November by the U.S. president's personal attorneys at a Washington think tank, ...
Jan 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Felipe Angeles International Airport on the outskirts of Mexico City to attend the North American Leaders' Summit, in Santa Lucia, Mexico January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Judge sets bond for man accused of making threat involving school facility
EUREKA, Ill. - Bond has been set in the case of a man who allegedly made a threat to local schools. Woodford County Court records a judge set bond Monday at $250,000 against Jared Cochran, 39, and set...
Jan 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Woodford County Jail via 25 News)
Settlement proposed in class-action lawsuit against Par-a-Dice
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A website has been set up to try and find people who may have had their faces seen on some security cameras at the Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino. Tazewell County Circuit Court, 25 Ne...
Jan 09, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Six-year-old boy shoots and gravely wounds teacher in Virginia school
(Reuters) - Police on Monday hailed a 25-year-old Virginia teacher as a hero for evacuating students from her classroom even after she was shot by a 6-year-old student. The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, w...
Jan 09, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Quad Cities man, wanted for Attempted Murder, arrested in Fulton County
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says they've arrested a Quad Cities man wanted for an attempted murder in that area. Sheriffs officials Monday confirming the arrest happened Fr...
Jan 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Jail)
Police: Peoria man died in Quad Cities shooting
UPDATED 5:00 P.M. DAVENPORT, Ia. - Police in the Quad Cities are confirming a Peoria man died in a shooting there about a month ago. Davenport, Iowa Police say Justin Royer, 40, was fatally shot Decem...
Jan 09, 2023 Midwest Communications
Bed, Bath & Beyond rebounds in meme-stock rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc rebounded sharply in high volume trading on Monday amid speculation by retail investors that the struggling home goods seller might be a poten...
Jan 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A shopping cart is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
