Category Archives: Top Stories
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
Multiple people shot in New York subway station, 13 injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Multiple people were shot and at least 13 were injured on Tuesday in a New York City subway station, the fire department said, in the latest spasm of violence in the city's sprawli...
Apr 12, 2022 Police officers walk near the scene of a shooting at a subway station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Residents displaced by apartment fire in Morton
MORTON, Ill. -- An apartment unit was heavily damaged, and an entire building suffered heavy smoke damage in an early morning fire in Morton. The Morton Police Department told 25 News, the call came i...
Apr 12, 2022 (25 News)
Philadelphia to reimpose indoor mask mandate in public spaces
(Reuters) - Philadelphia will again require masks in indoor public settings such as restaurants, schools and businesses starting next week, the city said on Monday, responding to what appears to be a ...
Apr 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at a dining area that has been modified to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Concern over possible use of chemical weapons as battle rages in besieged Ukrainian port
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Civilians were fleeing from areas of eastern Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of an anticipated Russian offensive, while Kyiv said it was checking reports that Russian forces had use...
Apr 12, 2022 An armoured vehicle of pro-Russian troops is seen in the street during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov
Biden to allow higher-ethanol fuel sales in summer to check gas prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans on Tuesday to extend the availability of higher biofuels-blended gasoline during summer to curb soaring fuel costs and to cut reliance...
Apr 12, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden returns a salute as he steps from Marine One upon arrival at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
