Category Archives: Top Stories
Republican lawmakers react to SAFE-T Act ruling, predicting 'chaos'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republican lawmakers in Illinois are somewhat pleased with a Kankakee County judge declaring the cashless bail provisions of the SAFE-T Act unconstitutional -- just days before the...
Dec 29, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Code of conduct changes at Civic Center impacting Rivermen games
PEORIA, Ill. - Fans of events will have an updated set of rules to go by when attending games at the Peoria Civic Center. The Peoria Rivermen and Civic Center officials jointly announced on Wednesday ...
Dec 29, 2022
Southwest Airlines plans to get back to normal operations on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co. said it plans to return to normal operations on Friday after days of running at a third of its usual capacity due to disruptions triggered by a massive win...
Dec 29, 2022 The departures board is overwhelmed with delayed and cancelled flights after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend, at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Woman pleads not guilty to Drug-Induced Homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is pleading not guilty to charges accusing her of giving another woman the drugs that caused her death. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Sharon Lucy, 58, ente...
Dec 29, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pele, Brazil's sublimely skilled soccer star who charmed the world, dead at 82
(Reuters) - Pele, the magical Brazilian soccer star who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died at the age of 82, his daughter said on ...
Dec 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brazilian soccer legend and member of the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup-winning Brazilian soccer teams Pele holds the World Cup trophy during the World Cup 2006 opening ceremony in Munich, Germany, June 9, 2006. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo
UPDATE: Crews respond to haz-mat situation in Princeville
UPDATED 5:10 p.m. PRINCEVILLE, Ill. - "A well-coordinated multi-jurisdictional response from all parties involved." That's how the Peoria Fire Department sums up their involvement in a hazardous mater...
Dec 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Trial delayed again for parents charged with murder of son
PEORIA, Ill. - The trial of the parents charged with the murder of their eight-year-old son will not start next month as planned. A Peoria County judge Thursday okayed delaying the trials of Brandon W...
Dec 29, 2022 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Judge invalidates cash bail reform in some counties; Supreme Court appeal pending
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash ba...
Dec 29, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. weekly jobless claims ticked higher last week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits edged higher last week but remain in a range indicating the U.S. job market remains tight, even as the Federal Reserve w...
Dec 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Russia fires barrage of missiles at Ukraine's major cities
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv, the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and other cities in a massive aerial bombardment that sent pe...
Dec 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (not seen), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
