Category Archives: Top Stories
A 9-year-old faces five counts of first degree murder
EUREKA, Ill. - A 9-year-old is being charged with murder months after a mobile home fire killed five people near Goodfield. According to Woodford County State's Attorney Greg Minger, along with the fi...
Oct 08, 2019 Midwest Communications
Ambassador Sondland won't appear before House panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - An attorney for Ambassador Gordon Sondland says the State Department has directed Sondland not to appear for his scheduled interview before a joint House committee taking depositions...
Oct 08, 2019 Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee arrives for a formerly planned joint committee deposition with Ambassador Gordon Sondland, with the transcript to be part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. The Trump Administration ordered Ambassador Sondland not to appear. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
New book highlights the life of Bob Michel
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A familiar sign marks the Illinois River bridge bearing the name Bob Michel. His 38 years in Congress earned him the respect of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Mond...
Oct 08, 2019 FILE - In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2013, former House Minority Leader Bob Michel speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A former aide says Michel has died at age 93. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Governor Pritzker, lawmakers attract data center construction to Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker took another step to build an Illinois where both businesses and working families can thrive. The governor joined legislators, business leaders, labor leaders,...
Oct 07, 2019 MWC (file)
LaHood, Ackerman announce election protection grants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Tazewell County is ramping up election security efforts. County Clerk John Ackerman was joined Monday by 18th District Congressman Darin LaHood in announcing two grants totaling a littl...
Oct 07, 2019 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
The Autism Collective to launch in 2020
PEORIA, Ill. - One out of 58 children have autism. And to help those who have autism, two organizations have joined together to create The Autism Collective. Easterseals Central Illinois and OSF Healt...
Oct 07, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pekin restaurant suffers extensive damage in fire
Pekin Firefighters were called to the Godfather's Pizza, located at 2111 Court Street, early Monday morning for a structure fire. According to the restaurant's Facebook page, no one was injured in the...
Oct 07, 2019 Midwest Communications
OSF announces changes to Women's Lifestyle Show
Changes to the Women's Lifestyle Show. OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center has announced it will offer free admission to this year's upcoming Women's Lifestyle Show at the end of the mo...
Oct 07, 2019 OSF HealthCare
Woman hospitalized after apartment fire
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A woman was hospitalized after an apartment fire in Chillicothe early Monday morning. Fire Chief Van Thompson said fire broke out around 5 a.m. in apartment eight in the 300 block...
Oct 07, 2019 25 News
Info from 2nd whistleblower could undercut Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - The disclosure of a second whistleblower threatens to undermine arguments made by President Donald Trump and his allies that a whistleblower complaint was improperly filed because it...
Oct 07, 2019 President Donald Trump gestures while speaking to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, before his departure to nearby Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
