Category Archives: Top Stories
Chief to criminals: 'You wanted our attention, now you have it'
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop is telling lawbreakers that "enough is enough" once again, as gun violence continues despite there being no homicides in the last month. But this time, Chief Eric Echev...
Dec 29, 2021 25 News via Facebook
'Tsunami' of COVID-19 cases around world raises testing and quarantine fears
SYDNEY/ROME (Reuters) - Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the Omicron variant raced out of control, keeping workers at h...
Dec 29, 2021 A man takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pharmacy as COVID-19 infections rise, in Rome, Italy, December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Peoria leaders focus on problem of violence this week
Peoria, Ill --Peoria leaders want to discuss the problem of increased violence in the city. Today, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echavarria is scheduled to offer remarks on the issue, aiming to, "send a me...
Dec 29, 2021 Chief Eric Echevarria (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gregarious NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden dies at 85
(Reuters) - John Madden, the beefy, exuberant Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders who became one of America's best-known TV sports announcers and lent his name to a wildly successful footb...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden waves to the crowd before the AFC-NFC Hall of Fame pre-season game in Canton, Ohio, August 6, 2006. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan
Illinois State Police announce changes to FOID card program
Peoria, Ill -- The state of Illinois is trying to streamline the processing of various Firearm Owner Idenfication card issues. In a release this week, Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau sa...
Dec 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
Former U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who rose from poverty to become the U.S. Senate majority leader and earned a reputation as a fierce partisan fighter du...
Dec 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), speaks during a news conference held at the Senate Radio and TV Gallery at the U.S Capitol in Washington November 16, 2004. REUTERS/Shaun Heasley SH/JRB/File Photo
No criminal charges for ex-New York Governor Cuomo over two kissing complaints
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A county prosecutor in New York has decided not to bring criminal charges against Andrew Cuomo, the state's former governor, over accusations he kissed two women against their wil...
Dec 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to depart in his helicopter after announcing his resignation in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Tri-County COVID Update: You may get a text message if you are positive
PEORIA, Ill. - "Grim." That's how Peoria City-County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson describes the most recent weekly COVID-19 statistics in the Tri-County area. The Tri-Counties no...
Dec 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Parents of girl shot dead in dressing room by Los Angeles police call for justice
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of a girl killed in a clothing store dressing room by a Los Angeles police officer's stray bullet last week called for justice on Tuesday, the day after police rele...
Dec 28, 2021 Bodycam footage shows the assault suspect at a shopping mall in North Hollywood, California, U.S., December 23, 2021 in this still image taken from a video released by the LAPD after the accidental shooting of a teenage girl killed in a clothing store when a bullet pierced the wall of her dressing room as officers opened fire on an assault suspect. Video taken December 23, 2021. LAPD/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
New faces among those taking on Peoria's snow plowing this year
PEORIA, Ill. - All things considered, an official with Peoria's Public Works Department says things went pretty smoothly Tuesday after the city's first measurable snowfall of the season. Deputy Direct...
Dec 28, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
