Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria firefighters respond to apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke and flames were seen coming from a Peoria apartment building. The fire was reported around 5:50 a.m. Sunday at a two-story apartment building in the 2400 block of Gale Avenue. Fir...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine mandate revived, Supreme Court showdown looms
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large businesses, which covers 80 million American workers, prompting opponents to rush to the...
Dec 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A protester gestures at passing traffic as Boeing employees and others line the street to protest the company's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandate, outside the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
Illinois repeals Parental Notification Act
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Beginning January 1, 2024, Illinois minors will no longer have to have their parents' permission to get an abortion. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Friday signed a bill into law, that repea...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pfizer says pandemic could extend to 2024, vaccine data for younger children delayed
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Friday forecast that the COVID-19 pandemic would not be behind us until 2024 and said a lower-dose version of its vaccine for 2- to 4-year-olds generated a weaker immune resp...
Dec 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Nurse Christina McCavana prepares the vials of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use at a pop-up vaccination clinic in the Central Fire Station in Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Ghislaine Maxwell's defense rests its case in sex abuse trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell's defense rested its case in the British socialite's sex abuse trial on Friday, after Maxwell declined to testify, arguing prosecutors had not proven their case b...
Dec 17, 2021 Ghislaine Maxwell speaks with her attorney Bobbi Sternheim during the trial of Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate accused of sex trafficking, in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Bond set in Attempted Murder case
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man accused of shooting another man in the south Peoria area earlier this week has bond set. James Harris, 29, was in court Friday . He'll have to post ten percent of a $750,...
Dec 17, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
NFL-League postpones three games due to COVID-19
(Reuters) -The National Football League has postponed games for the first time all season due to COVID-19 outbreaks that required three upcoming contests to be rescheduled from the weekend to early ne...
Dec 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dec 12, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) runs onto the field for player introductions before the start of the game against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports
Holiday carolers spread joy in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - 'Twas the week before Christmas and in the River City maybe some didn't feel jolly so Discover Peoria took pity Discover Peoria Friday rounded up some volunteers and went caroling. "We ...
Dec 17, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Four juveniles arrested for vehicle theft, one also faces weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested four juveniles for stealing a car, and one of them was also caught with a gun. They're not giving the ages or names of the juveniles, but say all four...
Dec 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
OSF HealthCare dedicates new downtown headquarters ahead of January opening
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bible verse "This is the day the Lord has made" might apply both Friday and January 4th for OSF HealthCare. The new downtown headquarters for OSF at Adams and Fulton is almost compl...
Dec 17, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
