Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois' early voting gets underway Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Early voting for the November Election is about to get underway in Illinois, at least in most areas of the state. Chicago and Cook County voters will have to wait until next month...
Sep 28, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
U.S. Senate headed to Thursday passage of stopgap gov't funding bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could pass a temporary government funding bill as soon as Thursday, which would avert partial government shutdowns that otherwise would begin on Saturday, Senate ...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria natives waiting out hurricane impacts in Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Roughly 2.5 million people in Florida are under some kind of evacuation plan awaiting Hurricane Ian's arrival. Cindy Ardis-Jenkins, a Peoria Native now living in Cape Coral, Florid...
Sep 28, 2022
Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -Congressional report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to g...
Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Council approves new Grandview Avenue AirBnB over stiff opposition
PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite loud opposition from local residents this week, Peoria city council members have approved special permitting for a new Air-BnB style short term rental property in Peoria's upsc...
Sep 28, 2022 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Echevarria talks police response if a bus of migrants comes to Peoria
CORRECTED 9/28/22 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Would Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria be worried about any potential history of any migrants that might show up on a bus from Chicago or the southern bor...
Sep 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman found guilty but mentally ill on Woodford County murder charge
EUREKA, Ill. - A Washburn woman was found guilty but mentally ill by a Woodford County jury on a charge of First Degree Murder. Court records indicate Maya Nodine, 19, will be sentenced December 8th a...
Sep 27, 2022 (File-25 News)
Cement truck overturns at Peoria intersection Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Precise information about injuries is unknown, but an investigation will be underway in the wake of an accident involving an overturned cement truck in Peoria. It happened sometime aft...
Sep 27, 2022
Bradley University mourns sudden death of professor
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University officials are confirming the death of a top administrator on campus this week. In a letter addressed to the Bradley community, President Stephen Standifird said it wa...
Sep 27, 2022 David Wilson / CC
Social media photos show bystanders helping in arrest in South Pekin
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - Some bystanders are getting credited with an assist in the arrest of a man who allegedly led a Tazewell County sheriffs deputy on a chase Monday -- a man who ended up being wanted ...
Sep 27, 2022 (Courtesy Amanda Senecal)
