Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden celebrates 'Inflation Reduction Act' as food, rent prices climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden celebrated his climate change and drug pricing law, The Inflation Reduction Act, on Tuesday on the White House lawn, highlighting Democrats' commitment to pro...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to tout the benefits of the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," at Boston Logan International Airport's Terminal E in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Attempted murder charges filed by grand jury against 1 of 2 accused of stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted two people in connection with a stabbing less than a month ago, and one of them is charged with Attempted Murder. The grand jury Tuesday charged ...
Sep 13, 2022 Kendall Howard (left) and Ruben Bailey, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Grand jury indicts Peoria man on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted the man believed to be responsible for a homicide on the Fourth of July in Peoria's North Valley. A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday filed two co...
Sep 13, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022 File)
Gordon-Booth, Koehler defend cashless bail provision of SAFE-T Act
PEORIA, Ill. - A local lawmaker says there's a lot of misinformation being spread about the SAFE-T Act, even though some in both parties say change needs to happen. Democrat State Representative Jehan...
Sep 13, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Another arrest in Peoria stadium fight investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have now arested almost a dozen people in connection with a fight earlier that caused panic and evacuations at a Peoria High School football game late last month. Police s...
Sep 13, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria music teacher continues to plead about 'assaults' by young students
PEORIA, Ill. -- A music teacher from one Peoria elementary school continues to make complaints about safety at her school, hoping to raise awareness. Caitlin Hale of Maude A. Sanders Primary School sp...
Sep 13, 2022 (Peoria Public Schools via YouTube)
Event to raise awareness about the Madison Theater project
PEORIA, Ill. -- A $39 million project has begun in downtown Peoria. The Madison Theater Preservation Association, which now owns the historic theater, is raising awareness about what they're doing wit...
Sep 13, 2022
U.S. Senate panel presses Twitter CEO on whistleblower claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the panel's top Republican on Monday asked Twitter Inc Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to answer questions about a former company ex...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 7, 2022. Picture taken July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Monthly U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rise in August; core inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monthly U.S consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August as declining gasoline prices were offset by gains in the costs of rent and food, giving cover for the Federal Reserve to ...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
King Charles heads to N.Ireland, queen's coffin to be flown to London
BELFAST/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - King Charles heads to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, leading the mourning for Queen Elizabeth in the four parts of the United Kingdom before his mother's coffin is flown to...
Sep 13, 2022 The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
