Category Archives: Top Stories
Update: Man shot near Taft Homes dies
UPDATED 3:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria man is the victim of the city's 18th homicide of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Christopher Tillman,...
Sep 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. mortgage interest rates reach 6.25%, highest level since October 2008
(Reuters) - The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since October 2008, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on Wednesday. Rising mortgage r...
Sep 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Fed forecasts may show fraying faith in soft landing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How much faith Federal Reserve officials still have in prospects for a "soft landing" as they take aggressive action to quash the highest inflation in 40 years will be revealed ...
Sep 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
East Peoria Council passes resolution demanding revisions to SAFE-T Act
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria elected leaders are adding their collective voice to the growing chorus of opposition to Illinois' upcoming implementation of the SAFE-T Act. East Peoria Council membe...
Sep 21, 2022 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Putin mobilizes more troops for Ukraine, accuses West of 'nuclear blackmail'
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine and said Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal if the West pursue...
Sep 21, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin makes an address, dedicated to a military conflict with Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia, in this still image taken from video released September 21, 2022. Russian Presidential Press Service/Kremlin via REUTERS
Memphis teacher's death while running spurs Peoria Police safety clinic
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of Memphis-area school teacher Eliza Fletcher while she was out on an early morning run earlier this month prompted Peoria Police to want to show local runners and walkers wha...
Sep 20, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two arrested after drugs, cash found in Lowpoint home
LOWPOINT, Ill. - Two people were arrested after police seized drugs and cash from a home in rural Woodford County Tuesday morning. Woodford County Sheriffs Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword says deputies a...
Sep 20, 2022 Michael Kennedy (left) and Gary Coclasure (Woodford County Jail)
Man given decade-plus in prison for federal meth, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for more than a decade after being found with both methamphetamine and a gun in his possession earlier this year. The U.S. Attorney's Office says...
Sep 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
$400K from Gilmore Foundation adding creative space for kids in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- There will be a little more for families to enjoy at Peoria Play House Children's Museum next year thanks to a massive donation from the Gilmore Foundation. On Tuesday, the Peoria Park...
Sep 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
13 more arrests made in Peoria Police Anti-Violence Initiative
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says thirteen people were arrested and five traffic tickets were issued in a several hour period Monday. The chief and police say another special enf...
Sep 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
