Category Archives: Top Stories
Man going to federal prison after stealing, reselling CPAP machines
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Morton resident is going to prison for more than five years -- and must pay almost $2 million in restitution -- after on several years for essentially stealing medical equipmen...
Apr 29, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Mothers of gun violence victims to hold gun buyback day
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of mothers -- all of whom have lost children to gun violence in Central Illinois -- are looking to take guns off the streets, by buying them back. An anonymous donor has given t...
Apr 29, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County shows off new voting equipment
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County has new voting machines that will get their first use during the June primary election. And Friday, the county's Election Commission was showing them off -- and the return...
Apr 29, 2022 A sample ballot including votes marked correctly and incorrectly. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Deputies: West Peoria home ransacked, but nothing of value taken
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's Deputies say a suspect broke into a West Peoria home this week, ransacked the place, but stole very little of any value. The break-in reportedly occurred, aroun...
Apr 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pandemic not over, U.S. unlikely to eliminate COVID-19 - Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is not over and it is unlikely that the United States will ever eliminate COVID-19 but should strive to control the virus, top U.S. infectious disease e...
Apr 29, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/Files
U.S.-Mexico migration talks 'constructive,' not 'threatening' -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden had "constructive" talks with Mexican counterpart President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday, the White House said, as officials on both sides of th...
Apr 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A member of the Border Patrol's Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR) observes the border wall in Sunland Park, New Mexico, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Ukraine says Russia taking 'colossal losses' in eastern battle
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine acknowledged on Friday it was taking heavy losses in Russia's assault in the east, but said Russia's losses were even worse, as U.S. President Joe Biden called on Congress to s...
Apr 29, 2022 A Ukrainian soldier jumps of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of the village of Mala Rohan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 20, 2022. Picture taken April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Area police promoting "DEA Drug Take Back Day"
PEORIA, Ill. -- It happens twice a year. Local police are teaming up with the DEA's Drug Take Back Day again on Saturday. The event, in its 11th year, gives the public a chance to dispose of expired, ...
Apr 29, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Crash follows shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria neighborhood was the scene of a shooting and then a car crash Thursday night. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said shots were fired at a house, and someone drivi...
Apr 29, 2022 (25 News)
Thursday marks Workers Memorial Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State and local leaders took time to honor and remembers workers killed while working on job sites. Thursday was Workers Memorial Day -- marked here with a ceremony outside Peoria ...
Apr 28, 2022 (Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
