Category Archives: Top Stories
ISP: Illinois Red Flag laws only work with proper information
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly characterizes the policy surrounding the state's red flag laws as an ongoing work in progress, but he adds that the system requires we...
Jul 07, 2022 (via Village of Highland Park, IL)
There's no A/C at Peoria City Hall
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Hall will be open, but without air conditioning, on Thursday, July 7, and Friday, July 8. City Hall receives its chilled air from the Peoria Civic Center, next door, which ...
Jul 07, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. basketball player Griner pleads guilty to drugs charges in Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court on Thursday to drugs charges that could see her face 10 years in prison, a Reuters journalist report...
Jul 07, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained in March at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; layoffs hit 16-month high in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week and demand for labor is slowing, with layoffs surging to a 16-month high in June ...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Minneapolis police officer convicted in George Floyd's death awaits federal sentencing
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is due to be sentenced in federal court on Thursday for violating the civil rights of George Floyd, a year after a state court sent him to p...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill presides over the sentencing hearing for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (L), found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Twin Towers getting fire safety upgrades
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria's Twin Towers is receiving over $500,000 in safety upgrades months after a fire damaged one of the two towers. In March, a fire on the 26th floor of the East tower caused smoke a...
Jul 07, 2022 1470 100.3 WMBD
Police missed chance to shoot Uvalde gunman before massacre
(Reuters) - An Uvalde police officer awaiting a supervisor's permission to fire his rifle missed a chance to take out a school shooter who went on to massacre 19 children and two teachers, according t...
Jul 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Stephanie and Michael Chavez of San Antonio pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School, the site of a mass shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona//File Photo
Boris Johnson resigns as British PM
LONDON (Reuters) -Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the i...
Jul 07, 2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Soil moisture may soon become issue for corn, soybean crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There hasn't been a lot of rain in the area in recent weeks, but the corn and soybean crops seem to be holding up well. The USDA weekly Crop Progress Report for Illinois shows corn...
Jul 06, 2022 Alabama Extension
East Peoria City Council approves legal action regarding PFAS in water
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria City Council is okaying moving forward with joining litigation against companies that knowingly use chemicals in products that in turn end up in the drinking water ...
Jul 06, 2022 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
