Category Archives: Top Stories
Cole Swindell announces Peoria show
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another big Country star is coming to Peoria in the new year. Cole Swindell is bringing his "Down to the Bar Tour" to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Feb. 17. Tickets go on sale nex...
Dec 06, 2021 (Peoria Civic Center)
Grand Re-Opening for Raber Packing Company
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - It's the moment West Peoria Mayor Jim Dillon says residents have been waiting for. "For probably the last year, all I've heard is 'When's Raber's going to open?' Now, I can tell th...
Dec 06, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
At least 17 COVID cases found aboard cruise ship in New Orleans
UPDATED 2:10 P.M. (Reuters) - At least 17 COVID-19 cases, including a probable case of the Omicron variant, have been detected among passengers and crew on a cruise ship that disembarked in New Orlean...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship is seen at Marine Facade passenger port in St. Petersburg, Russia June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
U.S. won't send officials to Beijing Olympics over rights 'atrocities'
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States said on Monday it will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights "atrocities," after Beiji...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters near the Olympic rings on the Olympic Tower in Beijing, China November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Omicron variant found in nearly one-third of U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread to about one-third of U.S. states, but the Delta version remains the majority of COVID-19 infections as cases rise nationwide, ...
Dec 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Co. Corrections officer dies from COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is mourning one of its own. In a release Sunday night, Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell announced the unexpected death of 25-year-old Corrections O...
Dec 06, 2021 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Update: Juvenile hospitalized following Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized Sunday evening after a shooting in Peoria's south end. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said a juvenile was shot in the leg around 6 p.m. Sunday in th...
Dec 06, 2021 (25 News)
Bob Dole, war hero, longtime senator, presidential candidate, dies at 98
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bob Dole, who overcame grievous World War Two combat wounds to become a pre-eminent figure in U.S. politics as a longtime Republican senator from Kansas and his party's unsucces...
Dec 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: President Bill Clinton pins the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on former Senator Bob Dole, January 17, 1997. REUTERS/File Photo
Omicron variant found in at least 15 U.S. states -CDC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in about 15 U.S. states so far, but the Delta variant remains the majority of COVID-19 cases nationwide, the head of the U.S...
Dec 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gives her opening statement during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Pavilion in the Park group combats 'misinformation,' says plans still in works
PEORIA, Ill. - There's growing belief that a proposal to put a pavilion in Peoria's Donovan Park is not dead yet. The pavilion would house music and arts events, and the head of a group wanting to mak...
Dec 05, 2021 (25 News)
