Category Archives: Top Stories
Lawmakers hear about concerns with health services for veterans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some Illinois lawmakers are using this week of Veterans Day to hear about the health challenges of men and women in uniform, and how the state can help. At an Illinois House commit...
Nov 11, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pekin woman pleads guilty to death of infant daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin woman has pleaded guilty to a charge of Involuntary Manslaughter stemming from the death of her infant daughter last year. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Angel Va...
Nov 11, 2021 (Tazewell County Jail)
Astroworld Festival death toll rises as 22-year-old Texas student succumbs to injuries
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The death toll in the Astroworld Festival stampede rose to nine with the death of a 22-year-old Texas college student late on Wednesday, according to a lawyer for the family. A stam...
Nov 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The back side of one of the stages from the 2021 Astroworld Festival is seen through a tarp near a makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Pritzker marks Veterans Day in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Thursday took part in Veterans Day ceremonies in Chicago. Pritzker says veterans have given great sacrifices. "That, fundamentally, is the mark of Veteran...
Nov 11, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
Illinois AG publishes list of unsafe child toys
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released his annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children's products and household items ahead of the holidays. All of t...
Nov 11, 2021 WMBD/State of Illinois
Peoria recognizes Veterans Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Veterans Day is always important, but Thursday is an especially important day for Brigadier General William Robertson. The Peoria native is retiring Thursday as Illinois Air National Gu...
Nov 11, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson
Ag business stakeholders insist, "It isn't a turkey shortage"
Peoria, Ill -- It isn't a "turkey shortage". That's what we keep hearing from stakeholders in ag business as shoppers rush to get Thanksgiving meal plans ready for this year's holiday. Trey Malone, an...
Nov 11, 2021 Midwest Communications
Prosecutor in Rittenhouse murder trial tangles again with judge
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The lead prosecutor in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial in Wisconsin on Thursday accused the judge of unfairness, a day after being excoriated for trying to introduce inadmiss...
Nov 11, 2021 John Black, use-of-force expert, is pictured next to Kyle Rittenhouse and defence attorney before the start of Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 11, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
VA22: Healing veterans through artist expression
PEORIA, Ill. -- 22 veterans commit suicide every day. That's a stinging statistic. But, it was also the inspiration for a group of talented artists called VA22 --that offers help to local vets dealing...
Nov 11, 2021 (VA22 Facebook page)
U.S. judge rejects latest Trump request to block release of documents to House riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost another bid to halt congressional investigators from seeing White House records he wants to keep secret. U.S. District Judge Tany...
Nov 11, 2021 Bicycle racks and an unscalable fence surround the U.S. Capitol ahead of an expected rally Saturday in support of the Jan. 6 defendants in Washington, U.S. September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files
