Category Archives: Top Stories

IL utilities promote calling 8-1-1 before you dig
JOLIET, Ill. -- August 11, or 8-11, is the day Illinois utilities like Illinois American Water and Ameren Illinois remind residents to call "JULIE" before they dig. "JULIE" stands for Joint Utility Lo...
Julia Bradley Aug 11, 2022 (JULIE)

Butter Cow unveiled a day ahead of the Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The 2022 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow was unveiled on Wednesday at the State Fairgrounds in Springfield, a day ahead of the opening of this year's fair. This year's rendition fe...
Julia Bradley Aug 11, 2022 (Illinois State Fair)

U.S. gas prices fall below $4 for first time since March
(Reuters) - The average price of U.S. retail gasoline fell below $4 per gallon on Thursday for the first time in months, giving some relief to drivers in the world's largest consumer of the fuel. The ...
Julia Bradley Aug 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A gas pump is inserted inside an Audi vehicle at a Mobil gas station in Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, U.S., March 10, 2022. Picture taken March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan

Pelosi says U.S. House will pass Inflation Reduction Act on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House of Representatives would pass the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday. In a letter to Democratic colleagues, Pelosi cal...
Julia Bradley Aug 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a bill enrollment ceremony for S. 3373, the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

City approves amended agreement with Westlake Shopping Center
PEORIA, Ill. - Improvements to Peoria's Westlake Shopping Center are becoming a little more costly than previously thought. The Peoria City Council Tuesday approved an amendment to a Special Service A...
Will Stevenson Aug 10, 2022 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Juvenile arrested as part of Anti-Violence Initiative detail
UPDATED 4:49 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile has been arrested in connection with a recent armed robbery in Peoria. That's what Peoria Police says was the major development in another special enforceme...
Will Stevenson Aug 10, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 1003 WMBD)

Social media video shows Bartonville firefighter using N-word
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - The Bartonville Fire Department is under fire again -- this time, after a years-old video resurfaced on social media allegedly showing the assistant chief using a racial slur. A pa...
Will Stevenson Aug 10, 2022 (25 News via TikTok)

PPD: Officer uninjured, driver hospitalized after crash with patrol car
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a traffic crash that involved a Peoria Police officer. PPD says it happened just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of West McClure Avenue and Nor...
Cooper Banks Aug 10, 2022 Midwest Communications

U.S. charges Iranian in plot to murder ex-Trump adviser John Bolton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States charged a member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to former President Don...
Will Stevenson Aug 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses during his lecture at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S. February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

City Council approves violence prevention grant program
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is okaying providing violence prevention grants to community organizations -- this, after rejecting the funding that would have gone to one Illinois-based group ...
Will Stevenson Aug 10, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC


