Category Archives: Top Stories
Chief: "Walk and Talk" events will return next year
PEORIA, Ill. - Something Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria said he'd be doing a lot of in the wake of this year's upsurge in violent crime is, for this year at least, done. Echevarria says his depar...
Nov 29, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Top Democratic lawmaker in Illinois to retire
CHICAGO, Ill. - One of the top Democratic lawmakers in Springfield won't be seeking another term. State Representative Greg Harris of Chicago isn't seeking another term when he current run ends in 202...
Nov 29, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly
861 coming to the 309
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Commerce Commission says a new area code is coming to a phone near you about a year from now. The ICC says a brand new 861 area code will not replace 309 in this area,...
Nov 29, 2021 Richard / CC
Man charged in connection to Thanksgiving shooting death makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who turned himself in over the weekend for a fatal Thanksgiving Day shooting has appeared in court. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Martarius McGee, 24, appe...
Nov 29, 2021
Cullinan Properties to develop VA clinic in Florida
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-based Cullinan Properties will be developing a new VA center in Florida. The company says in a news release it's been awarded a lease by the VA and General Services Administratio...
Nov 29, 2021 Cullinan Properties via 25 News
Farm Show returns to the Peoria Civic Center this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Once a year, the Peoria Civic Center is filled with farmers. The Greater Peoria Farm Show, the biggest indoor show of its kind in Illinois, is celebrating it's 40th year November 30-De...
Nov 29, 2021
Biden warns against Omicron panic, pledges no new lockdowns
UPDATED 5:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to panic about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant and said the United States was making contingency plans with p...
Nov 29, 2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the Omicron variant at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hands reins to technology chief Agrawal
UPDATED 5:12 P.M. (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is stepping down from his role and Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will now lead the company, the social networking...
Nov 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Judas Priest to kick off tour at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A band considered legendary in heavy metal music will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center in a few months. The civic center says Judas Priest will kick off the group's "50 Heavy Metal ...
Nov 29, 2021 LUIS BLANCO / CC
Sleeping resident rescued by Peoria firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called to a building in the 700 block of Spring Street just before 3:30 a.m. Monday. First crews on-scene found fire and black smoke coming from...
Nov 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
