Category Archives: Top Stories
Woman charged with defrauding state
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been indicted by a local grand jury for allegedly falsifying her time sheet as a state contractor. Peoria County Court records indicate Tarita Mack, 41, has been char...
Apr 19, 2022 Midwest Communications
Durbin speaks about supply chain issues, talks to local business leaders
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Senator Dick Durbin says it may sound counter-intuitive, and something he might have argued against years ago. Durbin is talking about a solution to the supply chain situation. "Lo...
Apr 19, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
At budget signing, Pritzker promises to try and keep COVID-19 decisions local
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker suggests he is not likely to assert many more stringent state standards when it comes to COVID-19, even amidst the ongoing spread of the BA-2 Omicron su...
Apr 19, 2022 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
Bradley University to expand Nursing Program with federal money
PEORIA, Ill. - What is said to be the biggest major at Bradley University is getting an all-important boost, thanks to the most recent Federal Omnibus Spending Bill. Senator Dick Durbin Tuesday announ...
Apr 19, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Russia launches 'Battle of Donbas' all-out assault on east Ukraine
KYIV/KHARKIV (Reuters) - Russia launched its long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine on Tuesday, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine has described as the B...
Apr 19, 2022
Kasper: Don't feel bad about still wearing a mask
PEORIA, Ill. -- As a national mask mandate for public transit is dropped, there are still questions about a rise in COVID-19 cases, specifically from the BA-2 sub variant of the virus. Infectious Dise...
Apr 19, 2022 Midwest Communications
Feds lift mask mandate, so does CityLink
PEORIA, Ill. - Public transit in the Peoria area is already affected by the lifting of the federal mask mandate on buses, trains, and planes. The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District says since the Tr...
Apr 19, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Ukraine receives 76 Ukrainan prisoners of war in swap with Russia
(Reuters) - Russia handed over 60 soldiers and 16 civilians to Ukraine in an exchange of prisoners of war, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. "This was the fifth exchange of prisoner...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, in charge of negotiating prisoner swaps and humanitarian corridors with Russia, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
U.S. arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March, rivaling record highs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges in th...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Asylum-seeking migrants walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Pritzker to sign state budget into law Tuesday
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is scheduled to sign the state's Fiscal Year 2023 budget Tuesday morning. The signing will take place at Chicago State University at 10 a.m. The budget tout...
Apr 19, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
