Category Archives: Top Stories
New fire Friday at BioUrja plant; firefighters now there around the clock temporarily
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire almost two days after the first explosions at the BioUrja plant near downtown Peoria could have been a lot worse for the company, and for Peoria firefighters. Crews showed up aro...
May 13, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPD directed patrol nets firearms arrest near Lexington Hills Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. -- There were dozens of vehicle stops and nearly a dozen arrests, including one suspect taken into custody carrying a firearm outside the already troubled Lexington Hills Apartment comple...
May 13, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear destructive path across U.S. upper Midwest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. upper Midwest Thursday evening, sending walls of dust across cities and rural towns, causing widespread property damage and killing at le...
May 13, 2022 Mangled irrigation systems lay across farmland in central Nebraska after high winds swept across the U.S. Great Plains and upper Midwest, Litchfield, Nebraska, U.S., in this still image obtained from a social media video. KEVIN FULTON/via REUTERS
West Peoria store employees cited for underage alcohol sales
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Three West Peoria businesses are in trouble for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. That's according to the Peoria County Sheriffs Department. They say employees of two Express Li...
May 13, 2022
Woman pleads guilty to lying about gun purchases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman admits to lying about gun purchases made for her partner. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Keena Faunterloy, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of Making False...
May 13, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pritzker signs crackdown on organized retail theft, sites links to violent crime
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker is signing a new law to crack down on organized retail theft in Illinois. Attorney General Kwame Raoul helped draft the legislation and says we're not talki...
May 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Peoria man who represented himself acquitted of murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - The second attempt by Peoria County prosecutors to try a local man for one of the first homicides of 2021 has been unsuccessful. Court records indicate a jury Thursday found Marvin Sand...
May 13, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man pleads guilty to baby's death last year
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death of his child. According to court records, Zachary Yeo pleaded guilty to a single count of first...
May 13, 2022 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Russian court extends U.S. basketball player Griner's detention
(Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday extended the pre-trial detention of U.S. professional basketball player Brittney Griner by one month, her lawyer told Reuters. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold med...
May 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brittney Griner of the United States gestures during a game against Australia at Saitama Super Arena in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's basketball quarterfinal game in Saitama, Japan August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Defiant U.S. Senator Rand Paul stymies effort to pass $40 billion Ukraine aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate joined forces in a rare moment of unity on Thursday in an attempt to pass $40 billion in aid for Ukraine, only to be stymied by...
May 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS
