Category Archives: Top Stories
Appellate court rules in favor of fired PPD officer's reinstatement
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois appellate court has made a ruling essentially supporting the reinstatement of a Peoria Police Officer fired in 2018. The Third District appellate court ruled Tuesday that an...
Dec 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Fire hoping to 'Keep the Wreath Red" this month
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters are hoping they can keep fire calls to an absolute minimum -- if not none at all -- during the month of December. Each of Peoria's twelve fire stations has a wreath ...
Dec 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden welcomes 'unwavering partner' Macron at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House on Thursday to celebrate more than 200 years of U.S.-French relations and a renewed allianc...
Dec 01, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden greets French President Emmanuel Macron during an official State Arrival Ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Man arrested on weapons charges after chase with PPD
UPDATED 12:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is facing multiple charges after an early morning incident in Peoria. According to Peoria Police, it began just after 2 a.m. Thursday when officers were called...
Dec 01, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. House panel gets access to Trump's tax returns after long legal battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee has obtained access to Donald Trump's tax returns, following a years-long court fight with the Republican former president who has accu...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Peoria crews battle fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to a home on S. Arago Street, near W. Humbolt early Thursday morning. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling said the first company on-scene around 2...
Dec 01, 2022 liz west / CC
U.S. appeals court rejects Biden's bid to revive student debt plan
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put on hold a Texas judge's ruling that said President Joe Biden's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt was u...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A graduating student records the academic procession during the Commencement ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: One dead, one injured following crash near Grand Prairie
UPDATED 9:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person is confirmed dead after a two-vehicle accident near the Shoppes at Grand Prairie late Wednesday afternoon. Police say the crash happened just prior to 4:30 ...
Nov 30, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Two arrested, including one fugitive, by Peoria Police
PEORIA, Ill. - A pair of arrests by Peoria Police Wednesday included a long-wanted fugitive. Police say Nathan McKinney, 31, and Kenneth Hobbs, 38, were arrested Wednesday near MacArthur and Jefferson...
Nov 30, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Police investigate fatal accident outside Peoria Civic Center
UPDATED 10:06 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a fatal car-versus-pedestrian accident downtown outside the Peoria Civic Center. Police closed the area of Jefferson Street from Fulto...
Nov 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
