Category Archives: Top Stories
Bradley University classic car show benefits auto engineering labor
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's not just a car show at Bradley University, it's a chance to grow the area of automotive engineering. Bradley University hosted a classic car show this weekend, including as many a...
Apr 09, 2022 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Illinois lawmakers pass $46 billion budget with millions in tax relief and hand outs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers worked through the night, finally passing a more than $46 billion budget in the early morning hours on Saturday. The budget will include a list of roughly $1.8 ...
Apr 09, 2022 Illinois Capitol - Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Camera Shop to reopen as soon as later this month
PEORIA, Ill. - Some "developments," if you'll pardon the pun, in the life of the Peoria Camera Shop. It closed near the end of February after its longtime owner, Bill Dobbins, died in December at the ...
Apr 08, 2022 Peoria Camera Shop
21 more arrests made in latest Peoria Anti-Violence Initiative wave
PEORIA, Ill. - This time, the feds were involved. Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says his officers got help from U.S. Marshals and the Peoria County Sheriffs Department in carrying out the latest...
Apr 08, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Health Department: COVID-19 continues to improve in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Even Peoria City/County Health Department administrator Monica Hendrickson is feeling pretty good about COVID-19 in the area right now, versus just a couple of months ago. How good? "Fo...
Apr 08, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois House passes resolution seeking help for Lincoln College students, employees
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers have shown broad bi-partisan agreement on one issue, helping students at Lincoln College find somewhere else to continue their education. Today, lawmakers in th...
Apr 08, 2022 Courtesy: Lincoln College Facebook
Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years after slap
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood's film academy on Friday said its board of governors banned Will Smith from any of its events, including the Oscars, for 10 years after the best actor winner slapped p...
Apr 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Will Smith (R) hits Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Minor injuries after four-vehicle I-474 accident
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A four-vehicle crash on Interstate 474 in Peoria County Thursday didn't turn out as bad as it could be. Illiois State Police say the crash in the eastbound lanes near Route 8 hap...
Apr 08, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD
'We've made it': historic Supreme Court pick Jackson lauded at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday celebrated her historic confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, saying at an out...
Apr 08, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden walks out of the South Portico of the White House with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris as they arrive for a celebration of Judge Jackson?s confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Details released on Wednesday accidents on Murray Baker Bridge
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the incident that started Wednesday afternoon on the Murray Baker Bridge, that ended up resulting in four people being arrested. Illinois State Police say...
Apr 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
