Category Archives: Top Stories
17th District debate fills the house at Bradley
PEORIA, Ill. -- It was a full room at Bradley University's Alumni Center on Monday night for a debate between Illinois' 17th congressional district hopefuls. Republican candidate Esther Joy King has a...
Oct 04, 2022 (25 News)
North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile further than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan, for the first time in five years, and prompting a wa...
Oct 04, 2022 A man watches a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Hurricane Ian: Florida search operation redoubled as death toll tops 100
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -Search-and-rescue teams in Florida doubled back to examine tens of thousands of Gulf Coast homes and businesses on Monday after an initial sweep through areas ravaged by Hu...
Oct 04, 2022 Graffiti is seen on a destroyed shopping building after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
One person dead in officer-involved shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 10:12 p.m. Monday near Martin Luther King Park on the city's south side. Upon arrival, officers were involved in a shooting with o...
Oct 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Teacher pleads guilty to child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who was at one point employed by a local school district has pleaded guilty to a charge of Possession of Child Pornography. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Rob...
Oct 03, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Biden to storm-hit Puerto Rico: 'All of America's with you'
PONCE, Puerto Rico (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Monday pledged more than $60 million in aid to help U.S. territory Puerto Rico and said more money was coming, as he sought to present a more compa...
Oct 03, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden embraces Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez as he delivers remarks at Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Rivian production increases, but Georgia court rejects incentives for new $5B plant
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive Inc said on Monday it produced 7,363 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 6,584 vehicles in the quarter ended Sept. 30. The company als...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian R1T electric truck is seen outside Munro & Associates headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
FOP: Fulton County man should never have caused drug-related crime in Bartonville
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faces a host of charges following a police chase last week in Farmington, and a state organization says it could have been prevented. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police...
Oct 03, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads guilty to federal PPP fraud
PEORIA, Ill. - A rural Knox County resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges accusing him of defrauding the Payroll Protection Program set up at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cour...
Oct 03, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to ban on gun 'bump stocks'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a major decision in June, on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban on devices called "bump stocks" that enabl...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A bump fire stock, (R), that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, U.S., October 4, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
