Category Archives: Top Stories
Pekin officers injured in "low-speed" chase
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of S. 14th Street and Remington Road around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday to assist the Tazewell County Sheriff's Department. A Tazewell County Deputy had att...
Jun 02, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Peoria hotel basement dryer fire causes $20,000 in damage, no injuries
PEORIA, Ill. -- A dryer fire caused thousands of dollars in damage this week, reportedly at the site of the Four Points by Sheratin Hotel in downtown Peoria. Local fire officials say crews were called...
Jun 01, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Motorcyclist declared brain dead following Memorial Day crash in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a bad motorcycle crash late Memorial Day Monday in East Peoria. It turns out the crash was fatal. East Peoria Police initially responded to the scene alo...
Jun 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD: Two men in custody for alleged attempted murder in April apartment shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are announcing details in two attempted murder arrests linked to a shooting from weeks ago. This is in connection to a shooting at the Hedgehill Apartments in Peoria on A...
Jun 01, 2022
ISP: Driver crashed off I-74 Tuesday 'for unknown reason'
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police are offering more information about a traffic rash that slowed drivers on Interstate 74 for hours this week. Illinois State Police say a 48-year-old woman driving...
Jun 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Jury rules Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp
(Reuters) - A Virginia jury on Wednesday ruled that actor Amber Heard defamed her ex-husband Johnny Depp in a widely watched six-week trial that featured explicit and graphic evidence and testimony de...
Jun 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he leaves the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse following his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Biden, baby formula execs to meet on efforts to ease shortage
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with major infant formula manufacturers on Wednesday as his administration presses ahead with efforts to boost imported supplies to help ease a nationwide...
Jun 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Similac and Enfamil products are seen on largely empty shelves in the baby formula section of a Target store, amid continuing nationwide shortages in infant and toddler formula, in San Diego, California, U.S., May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Metamora student raises money for vets, volunteers on Honor Flight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 7th grader from Metamora has raised thousands of dollars for local veterans over the past few years. Jay Murphy's mom Jenny explains that his interest in vets, and the local Honor Fl...
Jun 01, 2022 okandasan / CC
Two Minneapolis residents file lawsuits against ex-officer who killed Floyd
(Reuters) - Two Black Minneapolis residents on Tuesday filed federal civil rights lawsuits against Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, alleging he had d...
Jun 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as he listens to the judge announce his sentence of twenty two and a half years in prison for murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
Pekin's busy Front Street reopens after extensive makeover
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin's Front Street has reopened following $6.2 million in upgrades near the city's industrial park. Pekin officials celebrated the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday at Fron...
Jun 01, 2022
