Category Archives: Top Stories
Vacant home catches fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home went up in flames early Thursday morning. Around 3:15 a.m., firefighters arrived to find fire and heavy smoke coming from all sides of the vacant home at 925 S. Greenlawn...
Dec 02, 2021 (25 News)
Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to gut abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled a willingness to dramatically curtail abortion rights in America and perhaps overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wad...
Dec 02, 2021 Anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria Riverfront Museum event also a fundraiser for Lebanon relief
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum is calling it an "unprecedented partnership" that will help the home country of a significant portion of the city's population. "From Peoria to Lebanon" is ...
Dec 01, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Concern about soybeans at Greater Peoria Farm Show
PEORIA, Ill. - The pandemic keeps causing concerns in the agricultural community, but an expert says there's a reason to be optimistic. Todd Hultman is a grain market analyst with DTN, and says corn p...
Dec 01, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. reports first case of Omicron variant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States identified its first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The perso...
Dec 01, 2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Deadly fire in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill -- Authorities are releasing the identity of a person found dead inside a burned out house this week. It happened early Wednesday in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood. A b...
Dec 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Grand jury indicts Peoria man on murder charges for death of infant son
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury is indicting a man on First-Degree Murder charges for the death of his infant son last month. Court records indicate the grand jury is also indicting Zachary ...
Dec 01, 2021 Zachary Yeo (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Raber Packing Co. finally ready to reopen
WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Raber Packing announced on Tuesday that the company is preparing for a grand opening next week at its new location. According to Rabers, the event will be held at its West Peoria ...
Dec 01, 2021 (Raber Packing Co. --Facebook)
Morton fire sends one to the hospital
MORTON, Ill. -- One person was injured late Tuesday morning in a house fire in Morton. The fire, that also left a dog dead, happened just before noon near the intersection of Clark and McArthur, just ...
Dec 01, 2021 (25 News)
Michigan teen charged with 1st-degree murder, held without bond in shooting spree
(Reuters) -A Michigan teenager was ordered held without bond on Wednesday after being charged with first-degree murder in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of the year, which killed four students and...
Dec 01, 2021 Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly shooting where at least three were killed and six were wounded at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Detroit, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Seth Herald
