Category Archives: Top Stories
Power Of Positive Thinking coming to Peoria Heights
PEORIA, Ill. - The Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts is set to host a variety of programs. Three motivational speakers will be addressing "Profiting from Positivity in the Workplace",...
Oct 03, 2019 MWC
One-day rain record recorded
MINONK, Ill. -- Not lost in the wash of the end of September's rain madness was a local weather record. Woodford County recorded 9.09 inches of rain in a 24-hour span on September 27th and 28th. That ...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
Deadline looms for police academy
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's last call at the Peoria Police Department. The deadline to register for the PPD's Citizens' Police Academy was set for October 7th. A few spots as of Thursday were still available...
Oct 03, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
New abortion clinic going up in Illinois, near St. Louis
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Planned Parenthood has quietly been building a new abortion clinic in Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, as Missouri women concerned about the un...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/Jim Salter
Chicago teachers set strike date
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Teachers Union said educators in the nation's third-largest school district will go on strike starting Oct. 17 if there's no deal on a contract. Union delegates met Wednesda...
Oct 03, 2019 AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
Rain record set in September
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria had its eighth-wettest September with nearly eight inches of rain at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. According to 25-News Chief Meteorologist Ch...
Oct 02, 2019 mwc
Pritzker proclaims October as Cyber Security Awareness Month
PEORIA, Ill. - To recognize the importance of cyber security, Governor J.B. Pritzker has proclaimed October as Cyber Security Awareness Month. First recognized in 2004, this year's national awareness ...
Oct 02, 2019 Midwest Communications
Civic Center parent merges
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center has gone Global. SMG, the venue management company that, for many years, oversaw the venue, announced Tuesday it merged with Los Angeles-based AEG Facilities to...
Oct 02, 2019 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bernie Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bernie Sanders' campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate has had a heart procedure for a blocked artery. The Vermont senator is canceling events and appearances "until fur...
Oct 02, 2019 (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)
Pompeo confirms he was on Ukraine call
ROME (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed that he was on the telephone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president that is the subject of an impeachment inquiry. "I wa...
Oct 02, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets the media in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Italy at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe as the push to impeach President Donald Trump gains steam at home. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
