Category Archives: Top Stories
Search for New York subway gunman centers on man who rented U-Haul van
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Police and federal agents searched into the early hours of Wednesday for a man who set off smoke bombs and sprayed fellow passengers with gunfire aboard a New York City subway car,...
Apr 13, 2022 Law enforcement officers stand guard at the scene of a shooting at a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Man, woman wounded, one critical after Hedge Hill Apartments shooting
UPDATE: 9:56 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a shooting has left one man and one women wounded late Tuesday, following an incident at an apartment complex in Northwest Peoria. PPD Public Inform...
Apr 12, 2022 (25 News)
UnityPoint 'Young Minds Project' gets federal grant
PEORIA, Ill. - The efforts to provide expanded mental health treatment and services to youth in the Peoria area are getting a boost from the federal government. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said Tuesday he ...
Apr 12, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden taps ethanol to help lower fuel prices as consumer inflation surges
MENLO, Iowa (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled plans on Tuesday to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends of gasoline during the summer to curb soaring fuel costs and to cut relian...
Apr 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden responds to a question about Ukraine during an event to announce his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Coroner identifies victims in fatal East Peoria crash; one arrest made
UPDATED 6:24 p.m. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two people hit and killed on one East Peoria roadway last weekend are now being identified, and we're learning that one arrest has been made in the case. Tazewell...
Apr 12, 2022 (Tazewell County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried dead at age 67, family says
UPDATED 6:11 p.m. (Reuters) - Gilbert Gottfried, a stand-up comic with a screwy voice and a penchant for pushing boundaries with jokes about the Sept. 11 attacks and the Japanese tsunami, has died at ...
Apr 12, 2022 (Greg Batton/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPS Board approves agreement for JOLT to use Wraparound Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School Board is okaying a partnership between the district and JOLT Harm Reduction. The deal allows them to use the Wraparound Center inside Trewyn School to provide s...
Apr 12, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Grand jury indicts parents for murder of 8 year old
PEORIA, Ill. - The parents of Navin Jones, 8, have been indicted on six counts each of First Degree Murder. That's the announcement from Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos Tuesday afternoon at a...
Apr 12, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Environmentally-friendly manufacturer plans $85 million expansion
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-based manufacturer says it's secured $85 million to do some expanding. Natural Fiber Welding was founded in 2015 and continues to grow, and the money they raised is to, accordi...
Apr 12, 2022 (Natural Fiber Welding)
U.S. consumer prices surge on gasoline; inflation likely peaked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. monthly consumer prices increased by the most in 16-1/2 years in March as Russia's war against Ukraine boosted the cost of gasoline to record highs, cementing the case for ...
Apr 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A person shops at a Trader Joe's grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
