Category Archives: Top Stories
State: New COVID cases keep dropping, therapeutics have helped avoid hospitalizations in recent months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health continues to report lower new case numbers of COVID-19, and for some of those who have had it recently, widely used therapeutic treatments ...
Sep 10, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Four taken to hospital following Central Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire that caused damage to a Central Peoria home continues to be under investigation. The's according to Peoria firefighters, who say it took more than an hour to get the...
Sep 10, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County Board approves funding for Peoria to Chicago passenger rail service application
PEORIA, Ill. - Some Peoria County Board members weren't happy with it being rushed through committee and to them, but in the end, it didn't matter. The board Thursday approved spending $50,000 in supp...
Sep 10, 2022 (City of Peoria)
U.S. Justice Dept, Trump team deeply divided over special master appointment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department and Donald Trump's attorneys said on Friday they are deeply divided over whether classified records seized by the FBI from the former president's Flor...
Sep 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
BYU investigation finds nothing to corroborate allegations of fans' racist slurs
(Reuters) - Brigham Young University said on Friday an investigation it carried out could not corroborate allegations that its volleyball fans yelled racial slurs at a Black player from Duke Universit...
Sep 10, 2022 Victor Björkund / CC
U.S. freight railroads prepare for potential strike disruption
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Major U.S. freight railroads said on Friday they were preparing for a possible strike and service disruption a week before a deadline in protracted labor talks. BNSF, owned by B...
Sep 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail car is parked at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) Toronto Yard in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Pekin man sentenced to minimum in federal prison on meth, cocaine charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man will spend the next decade in prison after being found to have methamphetamine and cocaine in his possession. Court records indicate Cody Mammen, 32, was sentenced Thursday ...
Sep 10, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
King Charles vows to follow queen's example as he is proclaimed monarch
LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles pledged on Saturday to follow the example of his late mother as he was officially proclaimed as Britain's new monarch on Saturday at a historic ceremony in St James's P...
Sep 10, 2022 Britain's William, Prince of Wales and Queen Camilla listen as King Charles III speaks during the Accession Council at St James's Palace, where he is formally proclaimed Britain's new monarch, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in London, Britain September 10, 2022. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS
Bond set for man accused of Thursday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set at $500,000 in the case of a Peoria man who allegedly opened fire Thursday afternoon, injuring a juvenile girl. Peoria County Court records indicate a judge Friday als...
Sep 09, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bustos and LaHood talk agriculture and air traffic control towers in Peoria visit
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's representatives in Congress -- one Democrat and one Republican -- are celebrating a bipartisan victory that benefits the Peoria International Airport. Congressmen Cheri Bustos ...
Sep 09, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
