Category Archives: Top Stories
Local riders hit the road for 16th St. Jude ride to Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- Roughly 200 motorcycles have left Peoria, headed south to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thursday, many of them from the Peoria area. St. Jude Rides was started in Peoria 16 yea...
Sep 08, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
Suspect in Canada stabbing spree dies soon after arrest
TORONTO (Reuters) -The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve was arrested on Wednesday, then lapsed into unexplai...
Sep 08, 2022 Mark Arcand, brother of Bonnie Burns, who was killed on Sunday at James Smith Cree Nation, holds up a photo of them at a news conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Valerie Zink
No deal for Peoria teachers after mediation goes late into the night
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Federation of Teachers and representatives of Peoria Public Schools negotiated until 1:30 a.m. Thursday, but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. "We are incredi...
Sep 08, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers)
Memphis police say four dead after 19-year old's shooting spree
(Reuters) -Four people were dead and three wounded after a 19-year old man went on a shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee, the city's police department said in a media briefing early on Thursday. Memp...
Sep 08, 2022 Memphis police officers work at one of multiple crime scenes they believe were committed by a man driving around shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. September 7, 2022. Christine Tannous/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Man goes to prison on lesser charge following alleged attempted murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will go to prison for several years after pleading guilty in connection with a shooting last December. Court records indicate James Harris, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...
Sep 07, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Rivian
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal lawsuit has been filed against Rivian Automotive, accusing the electric vehicle maker of sexual harassment at its Normal plant. The suit, filed Tuesday in Peoria federal court...
Sep 07, 2022 Charles / CC
Police investigating early morning burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking some juveniles who fled during a traffic stop after possibly committing an overnight burglary. Police say the traffic stop happened around 3:45 Wednesday morni...
Sep 07, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fed officials reluctant to call inflation peak as policy meeting looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday said they still aren't convinced the worst of the U.S. inflation scare has passed, in comments that teed up a continuation of the central ...
Sep 07, 2022 The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Man charged with Hate Crime for allegedly striking pedestrian with car
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing several charges, including a Hate Crime, after allegedly hitting a pedestrian with his car earlier in the week. Peoria Police say it happened August 22 on Northea...
Sep 07, 2022 (1470 $ 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man charged with assaulting woman in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe man has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury on charges accusing him of assaulting a woman believed to be his wife. Court records indicate Chad Keedy, 48, is being ...
Sep 07, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
