Category Archives: Top Stories
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
Hy-Vee recalls cheese products in Illinois, other states
WEST DES MOINES, Ia. - Grocery store chain Hy-Vee is recalling some products over concerns they may have been contaminated with Listeria. The retailer says eight Saputo Cheese products, manufactured b...
Oct 03, 2022 Picture Des Moines / CC
Sharp increase in local gas prices in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - The analysts warned us, and it happened. Gas prices, according to both GasBuddy.com and AAA shot up in the last week. GasBuddy's Peoria average went up nearly 27 cents a gallon compared...
Oct 03, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Bicyclist hurt badly in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- An incident involving a badly injured bicyclist hit by a car at a Peoria intersection remains under investigation by Peoria Police. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth says t...
Oct 03, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Juvenile stabbed during Friday night fight
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was taken to the hospital Friday night after allegedly being stabbed by another juvenile. Peoria Police say they were called to a hospital around 7:30 P.M., with a juvenile b...
Oct 03, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
