Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. CDC probing E.coli outbreak in four states as some Wendy's customers fall ill
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is probing an E.coli bacteria outbreak in four states from an unknown food source, with many of the affected reported to have ha...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/
Police investigating potential shoot-out
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the two people who were believed to be shooting at each other Thursday evening in the southern part of the city. Police say a ShotSpotter alert went off ar...
Aug 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Man arrested after 'ghost gun' found
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is behind bars after a so-called "ghost gun" was allegedly found in his possession. Peoria Police say investigators Thursday night saw Brian Keller, 19, leave a North Brave...
Aug 20, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Treasury disputes finding that new IRS funding would increase middle-class taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a political messaging war rages over $80 billion in new Internal Revenue Service funding, a U.S. Treasury official is pushing back on an informal estimate that the money coul...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Tazewell County Judge to DHS: Explain yourself in court
PEKIN, Ill. - The attorney for a Wahington man accused of attacking his sister and her dog, then setting their home on fire, wants the Illinois Department of Human Services to be held in contempt of c...
Aug 19, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail)
Duckworth talks about FBI in relation to Mar-a-Lago raid
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - FBI offices like the one in Peoria have been the targets of threats since agents raided former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Senator Tammy Duckworth, reactin...
Aug 19, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man found dead in U-Haul van identified
PEORIA, Ill. - We know more about the man who was found dead inside a van at a Peoria shopping center yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim was Zachary Ro...
Aug 19, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Man pleads not guilty in connection with shooting of child
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man says he's not guilty after a three-year-old was shot in the leg last month. Peoria County Court records indicate Randyn Duncan, 33, was arraigned Thursday on a felony charg...
Aug 19, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man gets federal prison for possession of crack cocaine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been ordered to spend more than seven years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute. The...
Aug 19, 2022 (1470 & 100/3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Islamic State militant gets life in U.S. prison over killing of American hostages
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as "The Beatles" to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the ...
Aug 19, 2022 Members of the media gather outside of the Federal Courthouse as they wait for statements following the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British citizen and IS fighter, in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
