Category Archives: Top Stories
Construction of complex replacing part of Taft Homes on schedule
PEORIA, Ill. - Construction at what will soon be formerly known as Taft Homes is continuing as planned. That's according to Peoria Housing Authority CEO Armeca Crawford. "The project is on schedule. W...
Oct 05, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man charged with grooming, child solicitation
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is charged by a grand jury with trying to solicit a young girl for sex. The grand jury Tuesday charged Jared Sprakties, 41, with felony counts of Grooming, and Indecent Sol...
Oct 05, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man facing 19 felony charges indicted in two more cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man already facing 19 different charges after he was arrested in the county last month, now also faces new charges in two more cases. A Peoria County Grand Jury Tuesday charged...
Oct 05, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
OPEC+ agrees deep oil production cuts, Biden calls it shortsighted
VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts on Wednesday, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S. administration ca...
Oct 05, 2022 Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud and OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais shake hands at the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna, Austria October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner
Putin formalizes annexation of shrinking occupied territory in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin formally incorporated four partially-occupied Ukrainian regions into Russia on Wednesday, a move Kyiv condemned as a meaningless land grab dreamt up by "a col...
Oct 05, 2022 A member of the Ukrainian National Guard fires a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy
Illinoisans warned about flood car scams
CHICAGO, Ill. -- A short supply mixed with flood damage from Hurricane Ian is causing concern about used vehicle scams, and not just in Florida. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is warning reside...
Oct 05, 2022 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Biden to tour storm-damaged Florida, meet with DeSantis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Florida on Wednesday and pledge support to help the state recover from the Hurricane Ian during a visit that includes a meeting with Gove...
Oct 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Jewish New Year, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Victim in Peoria officer-involved shooting identified; police chief issues statement
UPDATED 10:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We now know the name of the victim in Monday night's officer-involved shooting in South Peoria. And, we have heard for the first time from Peoria's Police Chief on th...
Oct 04, 2022 (25 News)
State task force on crime meets for first time, co-chaired by local lawmaker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It was only the first meeting, so there's nothing new happening yet, but State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth hopes the new Illinois Crime Reduction Task Force will work to try ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Cars appear to crash head-on, injuring two in Peoria
UPDATE 7:14 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people are hurt following a vehicle crash that occurred late Wednesday at a busy Peoria intersection. Images from IDOT traffic cameras near the scene appeared to s...
Oct 04, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
