Category Archives: Top Stories
Amtrak on the rail again following rail strike being avoided
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Amtrak says it's getting its passenger and commuter rail services back to normal now that a railroad strike has been averted. A statement from the rail company's CEO, Stephen Gardne...
Sep 15, 2022 (Mike Armstrong/Amtrak)
Suspect info released in alleged summer cab robberies in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Police are announcing suspect information connecting two people to earlier carjackings involving local cab drivers as alleged victims. One of the reported cab robberies happened ...
Sep 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police submission)
National discount retailer Ollie's opens in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A quick-growing national retail outlet is officially open in Peoria. Ollie's opened up two of its four Illinois locations Thursday -- one in the Willow Knolls Shopping Center, in the lo...
Sep 15, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bartonville Police investigate robbery
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Police in Bartonville continue to look for whoever robbed a fast food restaurant early Wednesday morning. Police Chief Tony Segree says it happened at the Hardee's in Bartonville a...
Sep 15, 2022 (Bartonville Police via Facebook)
Illinois officials investigating whether Texas migrant busing is a crime
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker says state and local officials are looking into whether the busing of asylum seekers from Texas to Chicago is a criminal act. An estimated 500 migrants have...
Sep 15, 2022 (File-State of Illinois)
Harry Connick Jr. bringing holiday show to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crooner, actor and pianist Harry Connick Jr. is coming to Peoria. The December 3rd show at the Peoria Civic Center Theater is part of Connick Jr's 2022 Tour. Expect to hear plenty of h...
Sep 15, 2022 Wendy Piersall / CC
U.S. retail sales increase in August; weekly jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in August as lower gasoline prices supported spending, but demand is cooling as the Federal Reserve aggressively raises interest rates. Retai...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A retail store advertising a full time job on its open door in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Motorcyclist dies in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lancaster Road, near S. Harkers Corner Road. Sheriff Chris Watkins says a s...
Sep 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. railroads reach tentative deal with workers
(Reuters) -Major U.S. railroads and unions representing 115,000 of their workers reached a tentative agreement giving them better pay and improved working conditions, U.S. President Joe Biden said in ...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail car is parked at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) Toronto Yard in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Gunfire on Peoria's south side leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Dozens of shots were fired on Peoria's south side Wednesday night, leaving one person wounded and police searching for suspects. Around 9:15 p.m., Peoria Police responded to a pair of ...
Sep 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
