Category Archives: Top Stories
PPS approves 'snow day' learning from home
PEORIA, Ill. - If school is canceled at Peoria Public Schools due to snow or extremely cold temperatures, students will be expected to do their work at home. On Monday, PPS board members approved the ...
Oct 15, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pekin City Council amends ordinance for underage possession of tobacco products
PEKIN, Ill. - At Monday nights City Council meeting in Pekin, members voted to amend the ordinance of possession of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices by persons under 21. Earlier this ye...
Oct 14, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois insulin costs discussed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The push continued Friday to make Illinois the second state to cap insulin costs. Governor J.B. Pritzker and other state lawmakers joined forces to push for the passage of Senate ...
Oct 14, 2019 AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
Comedian Louis C.K. to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. --A controversial comedian is coming to the Peoria Civic Center. Louis C.K. will appear at the Civic Center Theater on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. In 2017, Louis C.K., who's real name i...
Oct 14, 2019
'Big Table Greater Peoria' Comes To Civic Center Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. --There's still room for you at Big Table Greater Peoria. The community building event is being held Tuesday, October 15, at the Peoria Civic Center. Over 600 people have signed up to par...
Oct 14, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Woman injured in early morning crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -Peoria firefighter/paramedics were called to 700 W. Glen Avenue for an accident with possible entrapment around 1:45 Monday morning. The two-vehicle crash happened near the intersection ...
Oct 14, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois Labor Department urges farm safety at harvest
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Harvest season is always hectic, but late spring planting this year will mean an especially busy time for farmers over the next few weeks. Illinois Department of Labor is urging fa...
Oct 14, 2019
U.S. Census Bureau seeks state data
UNDATED (AP) - The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the 50 states for drivers' license information, months after President Donald Trump ordered the collection of citizenship information. A state motor veh...
Oct 14, 2019 A woman enters a Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles drivers license service center, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Hialeah, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau has asked the 50 states for drivers' license information, months after President Donald Trump ordered the collection of citizenship information. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Turkey says it controls strategic Syria highway
BEIRUT (AP) - Turkey's defense ministry says it has taken control of a strategic highway in its offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters. The ministry tweeted Sunday that the M-4 highway, which runs ...
Oct 13, 2019 AP Photo
Pope urges dialogue to end Syria offensive
BEIRUT (AP) - Pope Francis has appealed for a new effort at dialogue after U.S. forces pulled back from northeastern Syria, clearing the way for Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurds there. Francis ...
Oct 13, 2019 AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
