Category Archives: Top Stories
Hoos reacts to SAFE-T Act ruling
UPDATED 12:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Pretrial Fairness Act, part of Illinois' Safe-T-Act legislation, was ruled unconstitutional late Wednesday -- and a local prosecutor says Peoria County must abid...
Dec 29, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. to impose mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan in taking new measure...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Medical staffs work at a hospital, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Census Bureau: U.S. population increases, but not in Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The good news: the Census Bureau says the national population made a slight tick upward in 2022. The bad news: not in Illinois. Statistics released last week by the Census Bureau ha...
Dec 28, 2022 (U.S. Census Bureau)
Southwest flight upheaval a 'system failure,' U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Southwest Airlines, saying thousands more canceled flights indicated a system failure at the lo...
Dec 28, 2022 Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport deal with the impact of Southwest Airlines canceling more than 12,000 flights around the Christmas holiday weekend across the country and in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Accused Paul Pelosi attacker pleads not guilty to state charges
(Reuters) - The Canadian man accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and striking her 82-year-old husband, Paul, in the head with a hammer...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: David Wayne DePape appears at U.S. District Court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alex Tse for a hearing on federal charges over the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 15, 2022 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
New law in 2023: Some seniors get discounts on license plate renewal stickers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A program through the Illinois Department on Aging is giving some disabled residents along with senior citizens a discount on license plate renewal stickers. It's one of a number o...
Dec 28, 2022 (Illinois Department on Aging)
Illinois minimum wage increases in new year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A pay raise is coming for Illinois' minimum wage workers on Sunday as the new year begins. Those workers will be making $13/hour in the new year. It's a dollar increase from the cu...
Dec 28, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Peoria man charged by grand jury with child porn
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury is charging a man with only some of the counts he originally faced in a felony sex case. The grand jury this week filed two charges of Child Pornography -- on...
Dec 28, 2022 (1470 & 100/3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Former pope Benedict 'very sick', Pope Francis calls for prayers
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Former pope Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics and who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is "very sick", his successor Pope Francis said on We...
Dec 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former pope Benedict (R) is greeted by Pope Francis during a ceremony to mark his 65th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood at the Vatican June 28, 2016. Osservatore Romano/Handout via Reuters
Winter storm causes burst pipes to Tri-County businesses
PEORIA, Ill. - Last week's winter storm caused some negative effects to businesses across the Tri-County area. Several businesses are temporarily closed due to burst pipes from bitter cold temperature...
Dec 28, 2022 (via 25 News)
