Category Archives: Top Stories
FDA sets new goal for lower salt in everyday American food
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday is pushing to cut salt levels by an average of 12% in food ranging from packaged meats to cheese, trying to clamp down on a growing epide...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks packaged meat at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
'Profound experience': Star Trek's Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler
VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of "Star Trek" fame - did it for real on Wednesday, becoming at age 90 th...
Oct 13, 2021 Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
New candidate for 17th Congressional District seat in 2022 election
ROCKFORD, Ill. - There's now a third candidate -- and the first Democrat -- looking to be the next 17th District Congressperson in 2022. Teacher and Rockford Alderman Jonathan Logemann formally threw ...
Oct 13, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jonathan Logemann
When should you send your holiday cards & packages? New guidance is out
Peoria, Ill. - We're getting some guidance about how and when to send those holiday packages this year. Staffing and supply chain issues continue to squeeze delivery times. If you're using the Postal ...
Oct 13, 2021
More expensive food, rents boost U.S. inflation; further increases anticipated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in September as Americans paid more for food, rent and a range of other goods, putting pressure on the Biden administration to urgently re...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Tins of Campbell's Tomato Soup are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Second bat tests positive for rabies in Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A second dead bat in Woodford County this year has tested positive for rabies. That's according to the Woodford County Health Department. Officials there say the dead bat was collected ...
Oct 13, 2021 Phuket@photographer.net / CC
Peoria council approves code changes for short-term rentals
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's elected leaders continue wrangling over short term rentals. About 90% of them are operating without a license. City Council took a step toward changing that Tuesday night, wit...
Oct 13, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Early morning fire under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the 800 block of S. Greenlawn just after 4 a.m. Wednesday for a structure fire. Crews initially reported smoke coming from a second story window. The...
Oct 13, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. FDA staff says Moderna did not meet all criteria for COVID-19 boosters
(Reuters) -Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that Moderna Inc had not met all of the agency's criteria to support use of booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, possib...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table during an employee vaccination at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
U.S. House votes to hike debt ceiling, avert default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 tril...
Oct 12, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind U.S. Capitol ahead of a weekend "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
