Category Archives: Top Stories
Rivian may spare Normal plant from layoffs
NORMAL, Ill. - The Rivian Automotive plant in Bloomington-Normal may have been saved from the job-cutting ax for now. A Peoria TV station reports Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the plant will not bear th...
Jul 21, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
Woman arraigned for Peoria's 11th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman charged with the shooting death of another woman earlier this year has pleaded not guilty. A public defender entered the plea Thursday on behalf of Kaitlyn Taylor, 24, th...
Jul 21, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
One of two people wanted in shoot-out arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A person allegedly involved in a suspected shoot-out Wednesday night has been arrested. Peoria Police say the arrest happened after officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near Marque...
Jul 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump ex-adviser Bannon rests case in trial, calling no witnesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The defense in Steve Bannon's trial rested its case on Thursday without calling any witnesses and asked the judge to acquit Donald Trump's noted former presidential adviser on co...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks after the opening day of his trial on contempt of Congress charges stemming from 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 18, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
PAAR: Home sales down, but not necessarily bad news
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local realtors group says homes sales in the Peoria-area were down sharply year-over-year this last quarter, but it's mainly because the inventory of houses in the local market remai...
Jul 21, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
Peoria fire responding to more natural gas leaks than normal
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Interim Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says firefighters have been busy this month -- not just with fire calls. Sollberger says his crews have responded to more than a dozen reports...
Jul 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Flickr)
Peoria, other leaders move forward on potential passenger rail service
UPDATED 1:52 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - It's doable, and people want it. That's the short version of an update from city, state, federal, and other area leaders on the proposed Peoria to Chicago rain line --...
Jul 21, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden tests positive for COVID, has mild symptoms, taking Paxlovid treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in is...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit fresh 8-month high
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for a third straight week last week to the highest in eight months, suggesting some cooling in the labor market ami...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Two injured in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies shut down both north and southbound lanes of Rt. 40 and Cedar Hills early Thursday morning for an accident. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins ...
Jul 21, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
