Category Archives: Top Stories
PIA celebrates 11th birthday of new terminal building
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria International Airport celebrates an important birthday Tuesday: it was 11 years ago that its brand new terminal opened to the public. There was some doubt back then when the ...
Apr 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S., allies promise heavy arms for Ukraine, shrug off Russian nuclear warning
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and its allies pledged new packages of ever heavier weapons for Ukraine during a meeting on Tuesday at a German air base, brushing off a th...
Apr 26, 2022 A man walks near a residential building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Vice President Harris tests positive for COVID-19 -spokesperson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is not exhibiting symptoms, a spokesperson said, at a time when there has been an increase in cases ...
Apr 26, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, U.S. April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
U.S. to widen COVID antiviral pill distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is aiming to expand access to COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments like Pfizer Inc's Paxlovid by doubling the number of locations at which...
Apr 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Paxlovid is packaged in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
GOP gubernatorial hopefuls speak in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Five Republican candidates vying to take on Governor J-B Pritzker in the fall general election took to the stage at Five Points Washington Monday night to answer questions on voter...
Apr 26, 2022 (25 News)
Pekin Council approves budget highlighted by fire dept. upgrades
PEKIN, Ill. -- Despite objections from two elected officials, the Pekin City Council has approved a budget for the next fiscal year that includes major fire department upgrades. The council, on a 4-2 ...
Apr 26, 2022 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Gordon-Booth: Millions coming to area for anti-violence efforts
PEORIA, Ill. - The state budget includes money that will greatly help Peoria Police and other area law enforcement. That's according to State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth, who used police headqua...
Apr 25, 2022 25 News via Facebook
UPDATE: One arrested after teen stabbing incident
UPDATED 11:30 a.m. 4/26/22 PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about a stabbing incident in the West Bluff Monday involving two teenagers, and injuring one of them. 25 News reports Dakota Taylor, 18, w...
Apr 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion
UPDATED 1:59 P.M. (Reuters) -Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users...
Apr 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla's Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul/Pool via Reuters
State DNR: Stop using bird feeders through the end of May because of bird flu
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says if you've got a bird feeder at home, stop using it for now. It's not a requirement -- but the DNR's Chris Jacques, a wildlife dise...
Apr 25, 2022 Tim Green / CC
