Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria to host Ring kick-off this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria will host a kick-off event Saturday, Nov. 2 for its Subsidy Match Program to provide residents with a discount towards select Ring home security devices. The event, for qualifyin...
Oct 28, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
State Rep. Mike Unes joins UnityPoint Health
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Rep. Mike Unes has been named the new Vice President of UnityPoint Health's Methodist Proctor Foundation. The five-term legislator announced last week that he would not ...
Oct 28, 2019
Trump's visit to Chicago creates stir before he even arrives
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's visit to Chicago is stirring up a tempest even before he arrives. It's a city that he's derided as the poster child of urban violence and dysfunctional Democ...
Oct 28, 2019 FILE- In this Oct. 21, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. President Donald Trump has spent a lot of time bashing Chicago, and now he's coming to visit. In his first trip to Chicago since his election, the president is scheduled to address the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference on Monday OCT. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais File)
Child hospitalized after hayride accident in Creve Coeur
CREVE COEUR, Ill. -- Six children were injured after small carts that were part of a hayride tipped over. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon during a Halloween event at Creve Coeur Christian Churc...
Oct 28, 2019 (25 News)
Pritzker favors legislation allowing college athletes' pay
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is endorsing legislation that would allow college athletes in the state to make money from endorsements. During a Sunday interview on WGN-Radio, Pritzker sai...
Oct 28, 2019
Chicago strike negotiations ongoing, classes canceled
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 300,000 Chicago students will miss another day of classes as teachers in the nation's third-largest school district remain on strike. As contract talks between Chicago Public ...
Oct 28, 2019 Striking Chicago teachers march Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Chicago. The protest was timed to coincide with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first budget address. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Trump confirms death of ISIS leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after a U.S. military operation in Syria targeted the Islamic State group leader. Trump says in a statement to the nation fro...
Oct 27, 2019 Militant video via AP
Chemical leak near Farmington prompts area residences to evacuate
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- A tank containing anhydrous ammonia caused the response of multiple fire agencies, including the City of Peoria HAZMAT crews to help contain the chemical leak by 4:30 p.m. Saturday...
Oct 26, 2019 MWC-Photo Used by permission by Fulton Co ESDA
Special needs families hope Chicago strike will bring change
CHICAGO, Ill. - A seven-day strike by Chicago teachers has hit students with disabilities and their families hard, but many say they support educators' demands. The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago ...
Oct 26, 2019 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Arson suspected in early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A fire in Peoria overnight appears to have been intentionally set. Crews responded around 4:15 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 1600 block of S. Charles. The home was fully engulfed in f...
Oct 26, 2019 Midwest Communications
