Category Archives: Top Stories
Powerball jackpot surpasses $1B, but what's the lump sum prize?
ATLANTA(Reuters) -Americans lined up at newstands and gas stations around the country this week to buy Powerball lottery tickets, dreaming of defying astronomically long odds to win a jackpot that has...
Nov 03, 2022
Little input at Peoria cannabis meeting
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's been a topic at Peoria council for weeks, how will the city regulate cannabis dispensaries moving forward? The city wants to hear from people, and Wednesday night was the first op...
Nov 03, 2022 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Peoria juvenile shot Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile was shot in Peoria's East Bluff Wednesday night, suffering life-threatening injuries. Peoria Police say officers responded to a pair of ShotSpotter alerts around 8:20 p.m., ...
Nov 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden warns election deniers pose threat, blames Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that threats by some Republican candidates to refuse to accept results from the Nov. 8 elections if they lose is a threat to democracy and ...
Nov 02, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for the Democratic Party's senatorial candidate Val Demings and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S. November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Three attorneys general file lawsuit seeking to block Albertsons' $4 billion payout
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The attorneys general of Washington D.C., California and Illinois filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in a federal court seeking to block grocer Albertsons' $4 billion dividend payout to ...
Nov 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Albertsons logo is seen on an Albertsons grocery store, as Kroger agrees to buy rival Albertsons in a deal to combine the two supermarket chains, in Rancho Cucamonga, California, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
Man arrested for Peoria Heights arson
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Peoria Heights man has been arrested for at least the third time in the last month -- this time, for a fire that destroyed a home there. Peoria Heights Police say Skylar Walke...
Nov 02, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man facing 19 charges in different cases indicted again
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted yet again. This time, Deshawn Early, 30, was charged formally by a Peoria County Grand Jury Tuesday with Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Possession of ...
Nov 02, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker: New jobs coming to central Illinois chocolate plant
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- There will be roughly 200 new jobs coming to central Illinois now that a high end chocolate maker is buliding a new factory in nearby Bloomington. Ferrero has announced plans to b...
Nov 02, 2022 (25 News)
City moves forward with 'smart' street lighting project
PEORIA, Ill. - A local lawmaker is helping to shed some light on a problem that could help upgrade the city, while also reducing crime. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth says she's secured $2.5 ...
Nov 02, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fed delivers big rate hike, signals possible smaller increases ahead
UPDATED 2:56 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point as it continued to battle the worst outbreak of inflation in 40 y...
Nov 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, U.S., August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
