Category Archives: Top Stories
Edwards Plant Could Close Under Agreement
Local environmental groups are closer to shutting down the E.D. Edwards coal plant in Peoria County. The Sierra Club announced in a release on Monday that a proposed settlement between Vistra Energy a...
Sep 17, 2019 Vistraenergy.com
Tazewell County Sheriff Warns of Phone Scam
A new phone scam making its rounds in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office say they that residents have been receiving phone calls from subjects identifying themselves as detectives f...
Sep 16, 2019
Accident On Northbound I-155 In Tazewell County
Around 10:00 a.m. Monday, an accident involving a semi and a bus on I-155 shut down the northbound lane in Tazewell County. An Illinois State Police Official said life flight and four ambulances were ...
Sep 16, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State ag department taking part in national safety week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- National Farm Safety and Health Week kicked off Monday in a sign harvest season is near. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proclaimed the week statewide with the theme "Shift Farm Saf...
Sep 16, 2019 AP Photo/Michael Probst
Peoria Holding Recreational Cannabis Meeting
Peoria will discuss recreational cannabis Monday night. City officials will meet with the public at the ICC Peoria Campus Student Center, at 5407 N. University Street, at 6 p.m. A second meeting will ...
Sep 16, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
PCAV Promoting Peace With 'HopeFest' Event
Promoting peace in Peoria. Gloria Clark has been involved with Peoria Community Against Violence for over five years. She got involved with the organization to help make a difference in the community....
Sep 16, 2019
No Deal: Auto Workers Strike Against GM In Contract Dispute
(AP) - More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike early Monday as contract talks with General Motors broke down. Union members walked out of factories and set up picket l...
Sep 16, 2019 United Auto Workers members picket outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich., early Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. planned to strike just before midnight Sunday, but talks between the UAW and the automaker will resume. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
After Bankruptcy Filing, Purdue Pharma May Not Be Off Hook
(AP)-OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy protection. But that doesn't mean the company or the family that owns it is off the legal hook. States are divided on whether to accept a te...
Sep 16, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Police: Rock Star Ric Ocasek Found Dead In NYC Apartment
(AP) - Ric Ocasek, famed frontman for The Cars rock band, has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. The New York City police department said officers responding to a 911 call found the 75-year-old...
Sep 15, 2019
UPDATE: Peoria 19th Homicide Suspect Turns Himself In
Xavier Blake, the man identified as the primary suspect in the 19th Peoria homicide of 2019, turned himself in to the Peoria Police Department on Friday around noon. Blake, 34, was identified as the p...
Sep 15, 2019
