Category Archives: Top Stories
More cuts at Journal Star parent company
PEORIA, Ill. - Staff and printed editions of the Peoria Journal Star have been cut significantly over the years -- now, the cuts may get worse. According to a company e-mail obtained by the Poynter In...
Oct 14, 2022 (25 News)
No tax rate hike, but expect higher property tax bills in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local residents and businesses in Peoria County will face higher property tax bills, but not because local tax rates are going up, rather because the county will be spending significan...
Oct 14, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Sheriff: Suspect swerves at deputy to avoid traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's authorities are identifying a man wanted in connection with an incident where he allegedly swerved his vehicle at a deputy trying to evade a traffic stop. Accor...
Oct 14, 2022
AT&T Illinois to pay $23M in Madigan bribery case as new charges are filed
UPDATED 12:17 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. - New federal charges face former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and one of his top confidants involving yet another big Illinois company. Madigan and Mike McClai...
Oct 14, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria car fire caused by arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the area of W. Garden Street and S. Westmoreland Avenue on reports of a car on fire early Thursday evening. Assistant Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calho...
Oct 14, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Suspect in deadly North Carolina shooting identified as 15-year-old male
(Reuters) -The suspect in a shooting that left five people dead in North Carolina's capital city is a 15-year-old male, the local police chief confirmed on Friday, saying that he was in critical condi...
Oct 14, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATED: Woman with four kids in the car shot in Peoria
UPDATE: 6:07 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Police say a woman was shot inside a vehicle with four children sitting nearby this (Thursday) afternoon in what initially appears to be a collateral damage inc...
Oct 13, 2022 (25 News)
Pekin City Council approves video gaming fee change
PEKIN, Ill. - The City of Pekin will once again start to collect its share of video gaming revenue, after months of holding off as they determined what to do about it. The Pekin City Council this week...
Oct 13, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen to be tried as adult for murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old will be tried as an adult on charges accusing him of shooting and killing a man at Taft Homes almost a month ago. That's part of what was learned at an arraignment Thursda...
Oct 13, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Board waives retirement rule for current CAT CEO
IRVING, Tex. - Caterpillar's CEO won't have to retire when he turns 65 after all. The now Texas-based company is announcing CAT's Board of Directors has voted to waive the requirement that Jim Umpleby...
Oct 13, 2022 (Caterpillar)
