Category Archives: Top Stories
Webb space telescope ready for White House closeup
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, breaking from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, was expected on Monday to release the first full-color image being made public by ...
Jul 11, 2022 The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, in a composite made from images at different wavelengths taken with a Near-Infrared Camera and released July 11, 2022. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. health dept says doctors must offer abortion if mother's life is at risk
UPDATED 5:43 P.M. (Reuters) -The Biden administration said on Monday healthcare providers must offer abortion services if the life of a mother is at risk and that procedures conducted under such circu...
Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights activist blows a party horn at anti-abortion protesters outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization, on the final day when abortions are carried out, before the clinic permanently closes, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Liliana Salgado
U of I brings part of national "Long COVID" research study to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has been described by some doctors as "flying a plane before it's finished being built." That's why studies are getting underway now that are examining th...
Jul 11, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Dead body found in Caterpillar Mossville parking lot
MOSSVILLE, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a forensic autopsy on the body of a man found yesterday in the parking lot of Caterpillar's Mossville plant was inconclusive. Harwood says Da...
Jul 11, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Man injured during Sunday night shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is expected to be okay after a Sunday night shooting incident. Police were called to the 3400 block of West Sunburst Lane -- roughly the area of Lexington Hills Apartments -- at 8...
Jul 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
Juveniles arrested after downtown hotel fight
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say several juveniles were arrested when a fight broke out at a downtown hotel over the weekend. A police spokesperson says the juveniles face charges including Battery an...
Jul 11, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden calls for assault weapons ban at gun safety event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, marking the first major federal gun safety bill passed in three decades, said the United States is "awash in weapons of war" on Monday and renewed his call ...
Jul 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after a roundtable discussion with advisors on steps to curtail U.S. gun violence, at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files
MercyMe and WWE both announce Civic Center dates
PEORIA, Ill. - A contemporary Christian band and sports entertainment both make their returns to the Peoria Civic Center in the fall. MercyMe, with their brand new single "Then Christ Came," are makin...
Jul 11, 2022 Ray Majoran / CC
Tazewell County State's Attorney to resign; likely to become judge
PEKIN, Ill. --Tazewell County State's Attorney Stewart Umholtz has submitted his unconditional resignation, effective November 30. Umholtz said he's announcing his resignation now so that a candidate ...
Jul 11, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
What's next for Peoria's Carl Cannon?
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Park District will be celebrating Carl Cannon's many years of service and achievements with a news conference on Wednesday, July 13 at the Noble Center. Park District Executive ...
Jul 11, 2022 (Peoria Park District)
