Category Archives: Top Stories
LaHood visits Hopedale Medical Complex to discuss COVID-19-related problems
HOPEDALE, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) says he thinks he knows part of the reason why local hospitals -- especially rural ones -- are having a hard time helping those affected by COVID-19 ...
Jan 14, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Alleged Wisconsin parade attacker now faces arraignment on dozens of new charges
(UNDATED) -- There are dozens of new charges filed against the man accused in connection with a deadly incident during a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year. 39-year-old Darrell Brooks Jr. now fac...
Jan 14, 2022 Police and emergency responders gather after a vehicle plowed through the Christmas Parade, leaving multiple people injured in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. November 21, 2021. Scott Ash-USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Two arrested after East Bluff shooting
UPDATED 4:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are in custody after gunshots were fired early Friday morning in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood. Peoria Police say a pair of ShotSpotter alerts on North D...
Jan 14, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria home sales top $1 billion
PEORIA, Ill. -- 2021 was a record-breaking year for home sales in the Peoria area. The Peoria Area Association of Realtors (PAAR) said 7,634 homes were sold locally last year, topping the 2020 total o...
Jan 14, 2022 Diana Parkhouse / CC
IL Driver's Services facilities still closed out of caution
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Driver's Services facilities statewide remain closed. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office confirms facilities will stay closed an additional week, opening again to th...
Jan 14, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Robert F. Kennedy's assassin Sirhan denied parole by California governor
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday he has denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life prison sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidat...
Jan 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A visitor watches a tribute film to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, on the 50th anniversary of his death, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum and Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Official: 'We are going to be eventually living with COVID-19'
PEORIA, Ill. - Confirmed new COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area are continuing their all-time record highs and sharp weekly increases. Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hend...
Jan 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria native and AutoZone exec helps Peoria Public Schools Foundation fundraiser
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria native and Chief Financial Officer of a major auto parts company is helping the schools he graduated from, help students. Jamere Jackson was the keynote speaker Thursday at the...
Jan 13, 2022 Jamere Jackson
Far-right Oath Keepers first to be charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, Stewart Rhodes, and 10 alleged members of the group with seditious conspiracy for their ro...
Jan 13, 2022 Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, speaks during the Patriots Day Free Speech Rally in Berkeley, California, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine-or-test policy for large businesses
UPDATED 3:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's pandemic-related vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses at a time of escalating CO...
Jan 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The United States Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
