Category Archives: Top Stories
PCAPS offers 'Pets for Vets'
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Animal Protection Services, or PCAPS, is hosting "Pets for Vets" in honor of Veterans Day through the end of November. Veterans can adopt any animal at PCAPS without havi...
Nov 11, 2019
Peoria crews battle kitchen fire Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called just before 5 p.m. Sunday to a home in the 500 block of Homestead Avenue. Crews made their way through the front door and found the home's stove and kit...
Nov 11, 2019 Midwest Communications
Veterans Day events and closures for Monday, Nov. 11
PEORIA, Ill. (WEEK) -- Veterans Day is Monday, November 11 and several organizations and area businesses are hosting events to recognize and honor veterans through ceremonies, parades and free meals. ...
Nov 10, 2019 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Accident involving extrication Saturday evening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire companies responded to a two vehicle accident at 4:22 p.m. Saturday at 2600 W. Forrest Hill. Upon arrival, first responders found that one vehicle was on its side with the ...
Nov 10, 2019 Midwest Communications
AmeriCorps NCCC team helps Peoria Park District
PEORIA, Ill. -- Since September, a group of nine young adults from various locations across the United States have been working with the Peoria Park District. The group works for AmeriCorps NCCC. NCCC...
Nov 09, 2019 Dalton Kemper/1470WMBD
IEMA urges families to prepare for winter weather
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Emergency Management Agency suggests that as temperatures begin to drop, families should prepare for winter weather emergencies. Winter hasn't officially started yet,...
Nov 09, 2019 Midwest Communications
State senator wants to make daylight saving time permanent in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) thinks daylight saving time should be observed year-round. On Twitter earlier this week, Manar said SB 533 would "end the arbitrary ...
Nov 09, 2019 MWC- (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Richwoods ranks in the elite 10% of high schools
PEORIA, Ill. -- Richwoods High School ranks in the top 5,000 STEM high schools for 2019. Newsweek announced that the local high school was named number 2,968 on the overall list, and number 1,789 on t...
Nov 08, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Weaver wants to be Bradley University president
PEORIA, Ill. -- State Sen. Chuck Weaver, a Bradley alumnus, is reportedly among the applicants for the top job at Bradley University. Bradley University President Gary Roberts has announced he will re...
Nov 08, 2019 Stock Photo/Office of Chuck Weaver
Sears at Northwoods Mall set to close
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Sears store at Northwoods Mall is one of two Sears stores in Illinois that will close in early 2020. The other Illinois location to close is in West Dundee. The Chicago Tribun...
Nov 08, 2019 FILE - In this May 14, 2012, file photo, shoppers walk into Sears in Peabody, Mass. Sears recorded its fourth straight year of falling profit and revenue, even as cost cutting and store closures helped narrow its loss for the fourth quarter, the company reported, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
