Category Archives: Top Stories
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 ...
Aug 10, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
LaHood speaks on Inflation Reduction Act and FBI raid on Mar-A-Lago
PEORIA, Ill. -- With a vote expected by the end of the week on the Inflation Reduction Act, Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood (R-18), will be back in Washington, D.C. soon. While home in the 18th Dist...
Aug 10, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump refuses to answer questions in N.Y. attorney general probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he refused to answer questions during an appearance before the New York state attorney general in a civil investigation into hi...
Aug 10, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower the day after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, U.S., August 9, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Council unanimously supports RISE program, violence reduction grant framework
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's new RISE program, designed to assist local business owners hard hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, will receive a fresh injection of cash following a report...
Aug 10, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
U.S. consumer price growth unchanged for July
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices did not rise in July due to a sharp drop in the cost of gasoline, delivering the first notable sign of relief for Americans who have watched inflation climb over the p...
Aug 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A person shops in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
PPD investigating Peoria's latest homicide
UPDATED 3:23 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating the city's 15th homicide of 2022. Just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Peoria Police responded to a Shot Spotter alert of 4 rounds fired on W...
Aug 10, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois begins offering permanent mail-in ballots
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As of Wednesday, August 10, Illinois residents can get signed up for permanent mail-in voting. New this time around, when you apply for a mail-in ballot for the November election,...
Aug 10, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
Trump uses FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home to solicit campaign donations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to turn the news that the FBI had searched his Florida estate to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and em...
Aug 10, 2022 Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower the day after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, U.S., August 9, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Ledgestone Open brings thousands to Central Illinois this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a big week for disc golf enthusiasts. Area courses hosted the Jr. and Masters World Championships just a few weeks ago. The Ledgestone Open, which begins Thursday, is now bringing...
Aug 10, 2022 VSPYCC / CC
Biden signs documents of U.S. support for Sweden, Finland to join NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the military alliance since the 1990s as ...
Aug 09, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks and signs documents endorsing Finland's and Sweden's accession to NATO, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
