Category Archives: Top Stories
Area snowfall totals so far: 6-14 inches
UPDATED 12:28 P.M. LINCOLN, Ill. - Forecasters warned "locally heavier snowfall" totals were possible from the snow storm Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and they were right. According to the Nat...
Feb 02, 2022 National Weather Service
Day One: Stranded motorists, closed highway ramps and scrambling snow plows
PEORIA, Ill. -- Snow covered roadways, scrambling snow fighters, stranded motorists and sporadic traffic deadlocks are what marked the early part of Wednesday in Peoria, day one of what the Weather Ch...
Feb 02, 2022
Monitor your pets closely in winter weather
PEORIA, Ill. -- Winter weather like we're seeing now isn't just hard on people, it's tough on pets too. Dr. Libby Fort, with All Pets Veterinary Hospital in Peoria, said it's important to limit how lo...
Feb 02, 2022 canonim / CC
Jeff Zucker resigns as CNN president
(Reuters) -Jeff Zucker said on Wednesday he is resigning as president of CNN and chairman of WarnerMedia's news and sports division, issuing a staff memo in which he acknowledged he failed to disclose...
Feb 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: CNN President Jeff Zucker attends a keynote event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo
U.S. sending nearly 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe in coming days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration announced on Wednesday the deployment of nearly 3,000 American troops to eastern Europe in the coming days amid a standoff with Russia over U...
Feb 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Peoria PD 'business as usual' despite storm, says chief
PEORIA, Ill. - It was a little rough for Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria as he tried to get to work Wednesday morning. "I couldn't get out of my street without having to get out and push somebody ...
Feb 02, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Peoria issues Emergency Declaration
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali has issued an emergency declaration for the city because of the current Winter snow storm. That's according to a city statement, which indicates that could help th...
Feb 02, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Garbage pickup delayed
PEORIA, Ill. - Your trash won't get picked up in Peoria or in Pekin on Wednesday. "Today, we are officially calling off operations," said Eric Shangraw with GFL Environmental, formerly PDC. "We had a ...
Feb 02, 2022 Peoria Disposal Company
Tazewell County roads may go from good, to worse, to better next few days
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Depending on where you go in Tazewell County, snowfall there might be bad, or really bad -- at least, as of earlier Wednesday morning. "We've probably had six inches locally in...
Feb 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pekin crews working around-the-clock to clear snow
PEKIN, Ill. - Crews in Pekin are doing the best they can in their battle with Mother Nature. "It's hit us pretty hard here like it has Peoria. All our roads are snow-covered," said Brett Olson, Operat...
Feb 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
