Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Crews battle fire in Spring Bay
UPDATED 6:08 A.M. 12/24/22 SPRING BAY, Ill. - We're learning more about a fire that has now completely destroyed a home in Woodford County. It was reported after 1:00 p.m. Friday on Sunset Drive in Sp...
Dec 23, 2022 (25 News)
UPDATE: Two fires fought by Bartonville Fire Friday
UPDATED 6:15 A.M. 12/24/22 BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Crews from Bartonville had two fires to contend with under extremely cold conditions Friday. Bartonville Fire officials say one happened in the late afte...
Dec 23, 2022
Olson: Few problems at PIA because of winter storm
PEORIA, Ill. - Believe it or, not, Peoria International Airport pretty much got out of the winter storm unscathed. The storm that has now been downgraded to a Wind Chill Warning until Saturday morning...
Dec 23, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
More time to shovel snow in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin is delaying the deadline residents have to shovel snow in the first test of a revised ordinance. In a Facebook post, the city informed residents that extreme temperatures mean resi...
Dec 23, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Easier than expected job to clear Tazewell County roads
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Crews in Tazewell County are finding that clearing the roads easier than expected. Highway Supervisor Scott Williams says that, as of Friday afternoon, around 93% of the roads in t...
Dec 23, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
LaHood votes against omnibus spending bill
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area Congressman is blasting the passage of the omnibus bill. U. S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) posted his thoughts in a thread on Twitter shortly after the bill was passed Fr...
Dec 23, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Low snow totals, high wind gusts, at height of Winter storm
LINCOLN, Ill. - At least from a snow perspective, the winter storm that spent time in our area between Thursday and Friday wasn't that big of a deal. According to the National Weather Service, snow to...
Dec 23, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Capitol riot panel's final report sets out case to try Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late on Thursday, outlining its case that former U.S. President Donald Trum...
Dec 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm the U.S. Capitol to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Gaber/File Photo
U.S. Congress passes $1.66 trillion funding bill, Biden to sign
UPDATED 5:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that provides record military funding and send...
Dec 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen as Congress continues work on passing a $1.66 trillion government funding bill in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. consumer spending, inflation rise moderately amid rate hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending barely rose in November, while annual inflation increased at its slowest pace in 13 months, but demand is probably not cooling fast enough to discourage t...
Dec 23, 2022 People carry shopping bags during the holiday season in New York City, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
