Category Archives: Top Stories
Kownacki: Half of Illinois Family Relief checks have gone out so far
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Roughly half of the rebate checks from the Illinois Family Relief Plan have now been processed. State Department of Revenue Spokesperson Maura Kownacki says income and property ta...
Oct 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. job growth solid in September; unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in September, while the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, pointing to a tight labor market which keeps the Federal Reserve on its...
Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Human rights campaigners of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) -Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian organization Memorial and Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, highlighting the sign...
Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Tree falls on Peoria home Thursday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 9 p.m. Thursday to a home on W. Millbrook Court, near Sterling Towers, for a rescue. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says when crews arrived, the...
Oct 07, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, addin...
Oct 06, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a tour of IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Governor candidates duel over SAFE-T Act, Abortion, Gun Rights and more
NORMAL, Ill. -- It was a prime time debate night for both of Illinois' top gubernatorial candidates, Republican State Senator and challenger Darren Bailey and incumbent Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzk...
Oct 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Airport director fondly remembers officer-involved shooting victim
PEORIA, Ill. - He didn't work directly for Peoria International Airport, but the head of the airport says he had plenty of time to interact over the years with Samuel Richmond. Richmond, 59, is the Pe...
Oct 06, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two injured following crash with PPD squad car
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say two people including a police officer were injured after a vehicle crashed into a squad car Thursday afternoon. Police say it happened just before 3:00 P.M. near Nebra...
Oct 06, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Dehumidifier cause of mid-afternoon Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A faulty dehumidifier is to blame for a mid-afternoon fire in the central part of Peoria. Peoria Fire crews were called to the home around 1:45 P.M. Thursday, when a person inside the h...
Oct 06, 2022 (25 News)
Police: Threat at Limestone H.S. 'unfounded'
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Police in Bartonville say a threat believed to have been made at Limestone High School turned out to be unfounded. Police don't say when they become aware of the threat, but said t...
Oct 06, 2022 (File-25 News)
