Category Archives: Top Stories
FamilyCore to discontinue some adoption services
PEORIA, Ill. - Another service that Peoria's FamilyCore has provided over the years is shutting down. FamilyCore CEO Ann Landing-Ferguson says after what was termed a thorough evaluation, the organiza...
Jul 01, 2022 (FamilyCore via Facebook)
Former Manual basketball star becomes head coach
PEORIA, Ill. - A big name in the history of the Peoria Manual High School basketball program has ascended to the top coaching job. The Peoria Public School Board has approved Marvin Jordan to become h...
Jul 01, 2022 Marvin Jordan (left) and Dr. Derrick Booth (Peoria Public Schools)
Top vote-getters expand leads in PPS Board District 2 election
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead for the top two vote-getters for two seats on the Peoria Public School Board has widened a little. With more vote by mail ballots counted Thursday, incumbent and school board p...
Jul 01, 2022 Gregory Wilson, Paris McConnell, and Daniel Walther (Submitted Photos)
Gun store break-in nets federal prison time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to breaking in to a local gun shop will go to federal prison for most of the next five years. The U.S. Attorney's office says Corey B...
Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man gets federal prison sentence for series of robberies, jail escape
PEORIA, Ill. - A Mechanicsburg man who robbed several businesses, ending with one in Elmwood, will go to federal prison for the better part of 12 years for his crimes. The U.S. Attorney's office says ...
Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Park District Police offer boater safety tips for 4th of July weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria/East Peoria riverfront and Illinois River are expected to be full of boats this holiday weekend. Fon du Lac Park District Police Chief Mike Johnson said it's important ...
Jul 01, 2022 Michael Gaylard / CC
Man arrested for deadly shooting Tuesday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police have made an arrest in connection with Peoria's 10 homicide of the year on Tuesday. PPD says on Thursday, the department's Criminal Investigations Division and Special Investiga...
Jul 01, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Analysis-Flight delays, cancellations mar U.S. summer travel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Persistent staffing shortages, fewer flights and booming demand have cast a shadow on the busy July Fourth holiday weekend and the entire summer travel season. AAA predicts 47.9 mi...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Passengers are seen at the Delta Air Lines check in area before their flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Manchin, Sinema dash Biden hopes for filibuster change on abortion rights
MADRID/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock to restoring abortion rights that were taken away by the Supreme Court last week...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference before departing the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner stands trial at Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to face drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison. The ...
Jul 01, 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 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
