Category Archives: Top Stories
NYC building space heater malfunction sparks fire that kills 19, including 9 children
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire, started by a malfunctioning space heater, spread smoke through a 19-floor building in The...
Jan 09, 2022 Emergency personnel from the FDNY respond to an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Lloyd Mitchell
Bob Saget, TV dad and comedian, found dead in Florida hotel room
UPDATED 8:04 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Bob Saget, an actor and comedian best known as the jovial dad on the television sitcom "Full House," was found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida, at age...
Jan 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Bob Saget arrives at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Three men jailed following 2-hour police standoff in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill -- Three men are charged in the wake of a police call and hours-long standoff this weekend. Peoria Police say it happened during the pre-dawn hours Saturday. Just before 6:20 a.m., police ...
Jan 09, 2022 Left to Right: Erik Davidson, Wayne Boley, Billy Braswell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria street crews clear residential streets of slippery ice
UPDATE: Sunday, January 9, 8:44 a.m. PEORIA, Ill -- Here's the Sunday update from Peoria Public Works Director and city snow fighting team lead Sie Maroon; "We have moved into the residential street r...
Jan 08, 2022 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PCCHD begins weekend vaccinations
PEORIA, Ill. -- Starting Saturday, Jan. 8, the Peoria City/County Health Department will be open on Saturdays and Sundays for COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots. Residents 5 years old and up can rece...
Jan 08, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden calls Colorado's most destructive wildfire 'code red' climate warning
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the scene of Colorado's most destructive wildfire on record, said on Friday the rare winter blaze marked the latest "code red" reminder ...
Jan 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden receives an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Omicron surge pushes U.S. COVID hospitalizations toward record high
NEW YORK (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record set in January of last year as ...
Jan 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
PPS ready for return to school Monday after COVID-caused extended break
PEORIA, Ill. - It's official - Peoria Public Schools will return to class on Monday after an extra week off due to the high number of local COVID-19 cases. Then again, if you're a parent and got an au...
Jan 07, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Where's the beef? Prices rise for consumers, but cattle producers still face problems
PEORIA, Ill. - It comes as no surprise, but the continued increase in beef prices at the grocery store can partially be blamed on COVID-19. Labor and supply chain issues are continued stressors for be...
Jan 07, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Health Department: Change in contact tracing means change for COVID-19 return-to-work letters
PEORIA, Ill. - The state is moving to a centralized contact tracing system for COVID-19, due to a continued spike in cases here and throughout Illinois. That will mean a change for both employers and ...
Jan 07, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
