Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Airport Director: Concerns with airlines valid about 5G rollout
PEORIA, Ill. - There probably won't be any direct problems at Peoria International Airport when and if cellular phone companies move forward with their 5G technology upgrade. But Executive Director Ge...
Jan 18, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
AT&T, Verizon will delay some 5G deployment amid aviation standoff
UPDATE: 1:20 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T and Verizon Communications on Tuesday agreed to temporarily defer turning on some wireless towers near key airports to avert a significant disruption ...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines flight, equipped with radar altimeters that may conflict with telecom 5G technology, flies 500 feet above the ground while on final approach to land at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York, U.S., January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Park District facility in South Peoria to get multi-million dollar upgrade
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Park District facility in South Peoria will soon get some much-needed renovations. Our news partner 25 News reports the Proctor Recreation Center is getting $2 million in work ...
Jan 18, 2022 25 News
Blinken to visit Ukraine after dead-end Russia talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's top diplomat will visit Kyiv this week after talks with Russia ended in a stalemate last week amid concerns in the United States and other Western nati...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the briefing room of the State Department in Washington, U.S. January 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Kasper: Promising news of Omicron's decline
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nationally, the numbers remain high. But, here in the Midwest it appears COVID-19 cases are starting to decline. Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in...
Jan 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp is buying "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake their claims to a virtua...
Jan 18, 2022 The Microsoft logo is seen in front of characters from Activision Blizzard games. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
LaHood legislation would name Elmwood Post Office after fallen local Marine
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An Elmwood native who gave his life for his country nearly 15 years ago could be the latest local hero to have a post office named after him. U. S. Rep. Darin LaHood says he's intro...
Jan 18, 2022 Corp. Benjamin Desilets (1470 & 100.3 WMBD via office of Rep. Darin LaHood)
U.S. appeals court delays legal challenge to Texas abortion law
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed a defeat to abortion clinics by delaying a legal challenge to a Texas law banning most abortions in that state. In a 2-1 ruling, the New Orleans-based...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of reproductive choice take part in the nationwide Women's March, held after Texas rolled out a near-total ban on abortion procedures and access to abortion-inducing medications, in Los Angeles, California, October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu/File Photo
Second candidate announces run for sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's another candidate for Peoria County Sheriff. Chris Watkins, who's been with the Sheriff's Office for 18 years, has announced his intention to run for sheriff. Since joining the...
Jan 18, 2022
U.S. Democrats to start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Democrats will bring their push to protect U.S. voting rights to the floor of the Senate this week, where it is roundly expected to fail in the face of uni...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) gestures as he speaks with the media following Senate Democratic lunch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
