Category Archives: Top Stories
Gay marriage bill hits snag in U.S. Senate, no vote until after elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate votes on legislation protecting gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. 8 congressional elections, as negotiators failed to win enough Republican ...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO - A spectator wears a shirt with the word 'LOVE' on it while watching the San Francisco gay pride parade two days after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in San Francisco, California June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
State to lift COVID-19 testing requirement
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker is lifting another COVID-19 executive order. The Pritzker administration Thursday saying that in line with new CDC guidelines, unvaccinated employees of schools an...
Sep 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
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)
