Category Archives: Top Stories
Trial date set for a Peoria city councilman
PEORIA, Ill. - At-Large Peoria City Councilman Zach Oyler will face trial in 2020. A jury trial date is set for March 16th in Peoria. Oyler was arrested on July 30th, 2019 on charges of aggravated dom...
Dec 19, 2019
IDOT uses creative sign messages to promote safe driving
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As you drive on Illinois interstates throughout the holiday season, you'll probably notice some creative and witty signs above the road as you travel. These digital message signs,...
Dec 19, 2019 Midwest Communications
Santa makes a stop at OSF
PEORIA, Ill. -- Kids staying at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois for the holiday season got a visit from Ol' Saint Nick. For 23 years, Bill Turney has put on the red suit and delivered t...
Dec 19, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
McConnell blasts House impeachment, pledges Senate action
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Senate Republican is denouncing the House impeachment of President Donald Trump and reassuring the president's supporters that "moments like this are why the United States Se...
Dec 19, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Illinois unemployment rate falls to historic low
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Wednesday that the unemployment rate fell 0.1% to 3.8%, a new historical low, while nonfarm payrolls lost 17,200 jo...
Dec 19, 2019
Donald Trump Impeached
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution'...
Dec 18, 2019 President Donald Trump attends a multilateral meeting on Venezuela at the InterContinental New York Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Budget in place for Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County has a new budget. The Peoria County board unanimously passed the 2020 budget Wednesday at it's last meeting of the year. County Administrator Steve Sorrel says the $133 m...
Dec 18, 2019 Kevin Bessler/1470-100.3 WMBD
Peoria fire stations participating in "Keep the Wreath Red"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Festive holiday wreaths at all 12 Peoria fire stations are more than decor. For the 24th year, fire stations in Peoria are participating in the "Keep the Wreath Red" awareness campaign...
Dec 18, 2019 Peoria Fire Central
State passes pension plan legislation
SPRIINGFIELD, Ill. -- 649 emergency responder pension funds across the state have become just two. Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1300 into law on Wednesday to consolidate the hodgepodge of f...
Dec 18, 2019
NHL's Stanley Cup coming back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's been 15 years since the NHL's Stanley Cup was last on display in Peoria. That changes this Saturday night. "We've had it here before one time back in 2004, so this will be the sec...
Dec 18, 2019
