Category Archives: Top Stories
Coroner: Electric shock accident victim dies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One of the five employees of a Roanoke-based company electrocuted while installing a gutter last week has died. The Coroner in Sangamon County -- Jim Allmon -- says Seth Durand, 22...
Jul 19, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Mayor discusses "Safety Network" controversy, declining crime statistics, race, 'Cure Violence' funding
PEORIA, Ill. - A group Peoria Mayor Rita Ali formed a year ago to work on solutions to the city's ongoing violence problem is one that, she says, has gotten off track. Way off track. "Politics, person...
Jul 19, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. archives seeks details on missing Jan.6-related texts -letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Archives has asked the U.S. Secret Service for information regarding its agents' missing Jan. 6-related text messages amid reports of potentially unauthorized delet...
Jul 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19
CHICAGO, Ill. -- After being notified of several close contacts testing positive for COVID-19, Gov. JB Pritzker has received a positive test result during his routine COVID testing regimen. The govern...
Jul 19, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
U.S. Jan. 6 committee chair has COVID; Thursday hearing will proceed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Bennie Thompson, chairman of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said on Tuesday he has contracted COVID-19 but that ...
Jul 19, 2022 House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack led by Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., swears in the witnesses during during the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 12, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
Vacant home catches fire Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- Arson appears to be the cause of a fire early Tuesday morning in Peoria. Crews were called to S. Stanley Street, between W. Humboldt and W. Hayes Streets just after 6 a.m. Fire Battali...
Jul 19, 2022 liz west / CC
Pekin man sentenced for child porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man, Nathan Golden, 24, was sentenced on July 11 to more than 8 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Golden also is req...
Jul 19, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
U.S. prosecutors to open criminal case against Trump ex-adviser Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday are due to begin making their case that Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, broke the law by defying a subpoena from the...
Jul 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters before entering U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Crews use "Jaws of Life" to free passenger in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called around 9:35 p.m. Monday to the area of W. McClure and N. University for an accident with extrication. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Michael...
Jul 19, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria health board approves violence assessment
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board of Health has voted in favor of the much-debated "Cure Violence Assessment". After lengthy discussion Monday, the board approved a $25,000 dollar assessment of ...
Jul 19, 2022 (25 News)
