Category Archives: Top Stories
Lawyer numbers to top 96K in Illinois after oaths this week
CHICAGO (AP) - If you were worried that Illinois didn't have enough lawyers, fear not. More are on the way. Illinois Supreme Court justices are scheduled to administer the attorney's oath to 1,459 peo...
Nov 05, 2019 Midwest Communications
Suspect in shooting of trick-or-treater to remain in custody
CHICAGO -- A judge has ordered that a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a 7-year-old Chicago trick-or-treater should remain in custody. Cook County Circuit Judge Patricia Mendoza issued her ruling...
Nov 04, 2019 Midwest Communications
Pritzker joins Peoria leaders to celebrate the Innovation Hub
PEORIA, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker was among many Peoria leaders to celebrate the future Innovation Hub in downtown Peoria. Pritzker said that a lot of work has gone into the Peoria Innovation Hub...
Nov 04, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria movie theaters looking to serve alcohol in 2020
PEORIA, Ill. -- AMC Grand Prairie and Willow Knolls movie theaters could sell alcohol next year. During the Peoria Liquor Commission meeting Monday night, representatives from both theater companies s...
Nov 04, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
ISP reminds drivers of Scott's Law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Move over. It's the law. Illinois State Police want drivers to be reminded of "Scott's Law" after three troopers were struck over just a four-day early November span. The law make...
Nov 04, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Sports broadcast legends return to Bradley
PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University alum and voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Charley Steiner returns to the BU campus on Tuesday. Steiner will be back for the 5th annual Charley Steiner Symposium for...
Nov 04, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
McDonald's CEO steps down after relationship with employee
NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's Corporation says its chief executive officer has left the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee. The fast food gia...
Nov 04, 2019 McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook visits the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Better than expected profits at U.S. companies like McDonald's and Caterpillar helped propel Wall Street to another record day Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Documents show fired deputy hired informant, filed false reports
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Former Peoria County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Patterson lost his job last week after he was found guilty of willful mistreatment, falsifying reports, and failure to report hones...
Nov 04, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
PCAPS closes for parking lot project
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Animal Protection Services, or PCAPS, will be closed beginning Monday, Nov. 4, for adoption and viewing hours. The Peoria County shelter will remain closed until further ...
Nov 04, 2019
Report: Madigan's son sought business while fundraising
CHICAGO (AP) - A published report says the son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan invited a suburban mayor to a fundraiser for his father around the time he was trying to convince that suburb's...
Nov 04, 2019 Andrew Madigan, the son of Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, cast his ballot during the Illinois' Electoral College session on the Senate floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
