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President Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be freed. President Trump has announced that he will commute the 14-year prison sentence of the former governor who was convicted of tryin...
Feb 18, 2020 FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Imprisoned ex-governor, Blagojevich, filed paperwork Tuesday, June 5, 2018, asking President Donald Trump to commute his 14-year prison term for corruption that included seeking to sell an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated to become president. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
It's pothole season in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the constant freeze and thaw of winter, come potholes. It's a struggle the Peoria Public Works Department is very familiar with. Public Works Assistant Director Sie Maroon said th...
Feb 18, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Courtney Pierce
Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese health authorities have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo. The new cases bring the total on the Diamond Princess to 542. The number...
Feb 18, 2020 The quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess is anchored at the Yokohama Port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. The cruise ship will begin letting passengers off the boat on Wednesday after it’s been in quarantined for 14 days. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Hidden Crimes: From the eyes of a trooper
PEORIA, Ill. -- Trooper Zachary Heard with the Illinois State Police said human trafficking is something that he has come across in his career. He said when he went through the academy, there were no ...
Feb 18, 2020
Local casting call announced for independent film
PEORIA, Ill. -- Calling all actors and actresses. "Say It In German", an independent film that will be distributed by NBC Universal, will begin a local casting call in Peoria in early March. The film,...
Feb 18, 2020 flickr.com
Peoria County Board of Health member to give legislative update
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the use of vapes and e-cigarettes on the rise with young adults, the Peoria County Board of Health want to add them to the same standard as tobacco use. Monica Hendrickson, the Pu...
Feb 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Chamber President search committee hires help
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Business Alliance has intensified its search for the next President and CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce and CEO Council. The GPBA on Monday announced it w...
Feb 17, 2020 Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce/Facebook
Illinois now accepting nominees for volunteer service awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are accepting nominations for volunteer service awards aimed at highlighting the importance of community service by individuals and businesses. The Serve Il...
Feb 17, 2020 (John Konstantaras/AP Images for Comcast)
CityLink urges riders to plan ahead for bridge delays
PEORIA, Ill. -- Starting March 29, the Murray Baker Bridge will be closed, putting a strain on traffic in downtown Peoria near the Bob Michel Bridge. Emily Watson, CityLink's Director of Marketing and...
Feb 17, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Quarantined Americans back on U.S. soil
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - Two charter flights carrying passengers from a cruise ship that was quarantined in Japan amid a virus crisis have landed in the United States. The first plane carr...
Feb 17, 2020 Buses arrive at a port as the Japan Self-Defense Forces prepare to move American passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo. The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday, but that they will face another two-week quarantine. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
