Category Archives: Top Stories
CEFCU makes big donation to "Young Minds Project"
PEORIA, Ill. - The UnityPoint Health "Young Minds Project" is coming closer to becoming reality, thanks in part to a big donation from a local financial institution. CEFCU Wednesday donated $500,000 t...
Sep 07, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Collective bargaining talks for Peoria teachers could stretch 'into the night' - source
PEORIA, Ill. -- Today marks another key round of collective bargaining for representatives with the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780 and the Peoria Public School District 150 administrators. To...
Sep 07, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers)
U.S. Senate Democrats could link same-sex marriage, gov't funding bills -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate could add language protecting gay marriage rights to a stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded and running, in a bill that ...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands on the Senate steps as storm clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Local riders prepare for 16th St. Jude Ride to Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. -- Roughly 200 motorcycles will head south to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thursday morning, many of them from the Peoria area. St. Jude Rides was started in Peoria 16 years ago ...
Sep 07, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
Trump ex-adviser Bannon faces state indictment in New York - Washington Post
(Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a prominent associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to face a new criminal indictment and surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday, the Washington Post ...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gestures as he departs after he was found guilty during his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
East Peoria gives update on Bob Michel Bridge project
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The massive rehabilitation of the Bob Michel Bridge won't cost local taxpayers a massive amount, but we have a better idea following action at the East Peoria City Council meeting...
Sep 07, 2022 (25 News)
Document seized from Trump home described foreign govt's nuclear capabilities -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI's search last month of former President Donald Trump's Fl...
Sep 07, 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
Second victim of Lasalle Co. explosion identified
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The Winnebago County Coroner has identified a second victim of a home explosion Saturday in LaSalle County. Coroner Richard Ploch says 57-year-old Michele Waters died Saturday aftern...
Sep 07, 2022
PPS: No changes in music programs; union wants that in writing
PEORIA, Ill. - Another point of contention for the Peoria Federation of Teachers when another round of contract talks with them, the district, and a federal mediator takes place Wednesday may be the d...
Sep 06, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker notes growth in Illinois electric vehicle manufacturing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State taxpayers are on the hook for $23 million in electric vehicle manufacturing incentives that will help grow the sector in Illinois. On Tuesday, Democratic Governor J.B. Pritz...
Sep 06, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
