Category Archives: Top Stories
Handguns stolen from East Peoria store
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The East Peoria Police Department looking for information regarding a burglary from a firearm store. Police were called to Midwestern Firearms on Camp St. Tuesday morning just bef...
Dec 26, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
9-year-old charged in fatal fire to be evaluated
EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - A 9-year-old boy charged in a central Illinois fire that killed five people will be evaluated by a child trauma expert to determine if he's fit to stand trial. The Chicago Tribune ...
Dec 26, 2019
Triple homicide in Livingston County leads to an arrest
CULLOM, Ill. - A Christmas morning shooting in the village of Cullom, 20 miles east of Pontiac, results in 3 people dead and 1 person arrested. Livingston County Sheriff Deputies were called to a home...
Dec 25, 2019
Notre Dame unable to host Christmas services
PARIS (AP) - Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark is too damaged by this year's fire. So its rector, cho...
Dec 24, 2019 (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Operation Holiday Express brings gift to US troops
SHADDADEH, Syria (AP) - Hundreds of American troops based in Syria have received Christmas gifts thanks to Operation Holiday Express. This year, Santa's sleigh and reindeer were apparently swapped for...
Dec 24, 2019
McConnell not ruling out witnesses in impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is not ruling out witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either. Mc...
Dec 23, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Body found identified as missing man from Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- A body found has been identified as 49 year old John Tyler Jr., who has been missing since December 6. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office said around 9:30 a.m. Monday mornin...
Dec 23, 2019
CityLink announces holiday hours of operation
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink buses will not run on Christmas Day or New Years Day. Emily Watson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CityLink, said that the buses will have a shorter schedule t...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Local hospitals ask to limit visitors
PEORIA, Ill. -- With an uptick in positive flu cases, local hospitals ask to limit visits. Sara Sparkman, spokesperson for the Tazewell County Health Department, said that the Peoria and Tazewell Coun...
Dec 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
ISP watching for the fatal four and Scott's Law this holiday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police will be out in full force this holiday. ISP spokesperson Haylie Polistina said troopers will be enforcing the fatal four. "We'll be looking for drunk drivers, spe...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
