Category Archives: Top Stories
OSF prepared for infectious diseases like the coronavirus
PEORIA, Ill. -- OSF Saint Francis Medical Center has procedures and facilities in place capable of handling infectious diseases like the coronavirus. Troy Erbentraut, OSF HealthCare's Director of the ...
Jan 27, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
Democrats demand Bolton testify as impeachment trial resumes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to und...
Jan 27, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. They are the ghosts of the House impeachment hearings. Vice President Mike Pence. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. And perhaps most tantalizingly, the mustachioed John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Kobe Bryant, daughter, among nine dead in helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant has died. A source has told The Associated Press that Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday near Calabasas, California. He was 41. Reports...
Jan 26, 2020 Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Calabasas, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Arizona, California cases push US tally of new virus to 5
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Health officials say the U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new pneumonia-like virus from China. Two new confirmed cases were announced Sunday - one in Los Angeles County in Calif...
Jan 26, 2020 FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, Passengers wear protective face masks at the departure hall of the high speed train station in Hong Kong. Fear about the effects of a new virus found in China is spreading faster through financial markets around the world than the sickness itself. U.S. stocks fell to their biggest weekly loss since early October on worries that the new coronavirus could ultimately hurt travel and global economic growth. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Peoria County deer kill increases
PEORIA, Ill -- Peoria County deer hunters bagged more deer during the just concluded 2019-2020 hunting seasons. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports 1,881 deer were taken in Peoria Cou...
Jan 25, 2020 A deer peers through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Early morning burglary at Best Buy
PEORIA, Ill. -- Officers apprehended to a business burglary early Saturday morning. Around 1:00 a.m., Peoria Police responded to an interior motion alarm at Best Buy. Upon arrival, officers observed 5...
Jan 25, 2020 Midwest Communications
Maroon: Peoria roads in good shape Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- After three nights of accumulating snow, the main roads in Peoria Saturday morning are in good shape. Sie Maroon with Peoria Public Works says the roadways are wet. "Everything on the ...
Jan 25, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pekin Jr. High student approached on school property
PEKIN, Ill. -- School officials of Broadmoor Junior High will ramp up extra police presence beginning on Monday. An incident report to police indicated a student was approached by a male in a v...
Jan 24, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pritzker signs bill to cap insulin costs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The cost of insulin will drop beginning next year. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that will cap the monthly cost of insulin to $100. "We have successfully made Illinois the ...
Jan 24, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Don't see pavement? It's policy
PEORIA, Ill. -- With three bouts of winter weather already in the books for 2020, Peoria Public Works is reminding motorists in neighborhoods those roads may not be as clear as main roads. The departm...
Jan 24, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
