Category Archives: Top Stories
Manchin may delay Biden social legislation until 2022 on inflation worries - Axios
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin may delay President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" legislation until next year over inflation worries, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with th...
Nov 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) faces reporters outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria's Veterans Day parade returns
PEORIA, Ill. -- Veterans will take to the streets of downtown Peoria Thursday for the annual Veterans Day parade, after it was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. The parade begins at 10 a.m. proceed...
Nov 11, 2021 Darron Cummings/Associated Press
Almost no increase in PPS property tax request for 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools officials are somewhat optimistic about one of their sources of revenue. The district's Budget Director, Carla Eman, says after a number of years of declining prop...
Nov 10, 2021 Peoria Public Schools via YouTube
Police Chief wants to talk with local youth
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria wants to try something to try and stem the tide of violence in the city -- especially as it relates to violence involving young people. Echevarria sa...
Nov 10, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Not guilty pleas entered in shooting death of Manual High School student
PEORIA, Ill. - Two of three people charged in the shooting death of a Manual High School student have pleaded not guilty. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Gary Irby III, 19, and Jeremy Moo...
Nov 10, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker touts improving financial outlook for Illinois
Peoria, Ill -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker is patting himself on the back for an improving state financial outlook as Illinois also stands to gain billions in federal pandemic and infrastructure assistance. Th...
Nov 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
"Peoria Magazine" co-founder retirement will mean end to local publication
Peoria, Ill -- An era in print comes to an end with the announced retirement of Jan Wright, President and co-founder of "Peoria Magazine". According to a news release issued by WTVP-TV, Wright's retir...
Nov 10, 2021
Two more Democrats running for 17th Congressional District seat
MOLINE, Ill. - There are now four Democrats officially running to replace outgoing 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos. Former television meteorologist Eric Sorensen is one of those. He previousl...
Nov 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tazewell County begins COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children ages 5-11
PEKIN, Ill. - The state will begin vaccinating children aged five to eleven from the COVID-19 virus in Tazewell County later this week, and the Tazewell County Health Department will join them next we...
Nov 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Rittenhouse breaks down in tears testifying on fatal Wisconsin shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -Teenager Kyle Rittenhouse broke down crying while testifying in his own defense on Wednesday in his Wisconsin trial, saying one of the two men he is charged with murdering thr...
Nov 10, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha (Wisconsin) Circuit Court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 9, 2021. Mark Hertzberg/Pool via REUTERS
