Category Archives: Top Stories
Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old who later crossed state lines for abortion
(Reuters) -An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that President Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a U.S. Supr...
Jul 14, 2022 Gerson Fuentes poses for a booking photograph at the Franklin County Corrections Center in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. July 13, 2022. Franklin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Biden to sign joint pledge with Israel to prevent Iran going nuclear
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will sign a joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear weapons on Thursday, closing ranks after long-running disputes between...
Jul 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid participate in a bilateral meeting, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
PPD searching for missing Brimfield man
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing person. PPD says 24-year-old David Hicks Jr. was last seen on June 28, near Schlink and Thousand Dollar Roads in Bri...
Jul 14, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Results in primary election certified; PPS board member loses seat by 19 votes
PEORIA, Ill. - The results are now official, and a Peoria Public School Board member has, as far as the total is concerned, officially lost his seat. The Peoria County Election Commission has certifie...
Jul 13, 2022 Gregory Wilson, Paris McConnell, and Daniel Walther (Submitted Photos)
$100 million added to state's Rainy Day Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois' Rainy Day Fund -- once all but completely ignored by lawmakers from both parties alike -- is now about to hit $1 billion. Comptroller Susana Mendoza says she...
Jul 13, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
Anderson, Weaver also campaign at Bailey Peoria event
PEORIA, Ill. - State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey wasn't the only candidate in November's election at a Peoria event Tuesday. Travis Weaver was there, too, after defeating Pekin M...
Jul 13, 2022 (Desi Anderson via Facebook)
Illinois vaccine and testing requirements being relaxed for some workers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements are being relaxed for certain Illinois heathcare centers, medical workers and institutions of higher learning. In an executive orde...
Jul 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
City Council to hold policy session on violence prevention funding
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is not yet done discussing violence prevention funding. The council Tuesday night voted to hold a special policy discussion next Tuesday night, in light of the c...
Jul 13, 2022 (From a June, 2022 handout to the Peoria City Council from "Cure Violence" initiative)
CEFCU issues scam warning
PEORIA, Ill. - A local credit union says, like other entities these days, scammers are out to get your bank information. CEFCU says some of its members have received calls "spoofed" to look like one o...
Jul 13, 2022 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Carl Cannon's 'Elite Community Outreach' becomes stand-alone entity
PEORIA, Ill. - It won't be a part of the Peoria Park District's services anymore, but an effort fronted by a now-retired Park District employee and community leader will continue, just in a different ...
Jul 13, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
