Category Archives: Top Stories
CityLink To Begin Downtown Remodel Monday
The Peoria CityLink Transit Center downtown will begin the first phase of remodeling beginning Monday Sept. 9. The Transit Center, located at 407 SW. Adams, will see three phases to complete the proje...
Sep 06, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Cleared Of Charges, Schock Talks About His Legal Battle
A four and a half year legal battle is over. Earlier this week, former 18th District Congressman Aaron Schock was formally cleared of all charges against him. Schock tells WMBD's Greg and Dan that his...
Sep 06, 2019 FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill. speaks to reporters in Peoria, Ill. Aaron Schock's defense team said it's been told that the former Illinois congressman is being indicted by a federal grand jury. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Hurricane Dorian Weakens To Category 1 Storm
(AP) - The eye of Hurricane Dorian is passing just east of Cape Lookout as the Category 1 storm skirts North Carolina's coast. Sustained, hurricane-force winds are battering the southern Outer Banks, ...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Mic Smith
Chillicothe Hunting Guide Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges
(AP) - A central Illinois owner of an outfitter service has pleaded guilty to federal charges that included deploying an electronic bird caller to lure geese into shooting range. A statement from the ...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Tony Dejack
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Fulton County
Mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus in Farmington. A pool of mosquitoes, collected by the Fulton County Health Department, tested positive for the mosquito-borne illness Thursday, Sept...
Sep 06, 2019 AP/Rick Bowmer
Bradley University Recognized
Bradley is once again the top-ranked school in Illinois and 8th in the nation among private institutions for student engagement. The high marks are from the fourth annual Wall Street Journal/Times Hig...
Sep 05, 2019
Update: No One Was In Home Surrounded By Police
No one was found inside a East Bluff home surrounded by Peoria Police Thursday morning. According to public information officer Amy Dotson, the first call came in at 7:54 a.m. saying a witness saw a m...
Sep 05, 2019
Dorian, Again Category 2 Hurricane, Lashes U.S. Coast
(AP) - Dorian's maximum sustained winds have dropped slightly to 110 mph, making it once again a Category 2 hurricane. That's still strong enough to cause damage along the coast of the Carolinas, wher...
Sep 05, 2019 AP/Steven Morton
Salvation Army 'On The Ground' In The Bahamas
The Bahamas are in for a long recovery after Hurricane Dorian. Rich Draeger, Tri-County Director of Development for the Salvation Army in Peoria, says Corps personnel are already there. The Salvation ...
Sep 05, 2019 Salvation Army Heartland Division
A Rescue, A Reunion And A Rush To Help In Dorian's Aftermath
(AP) - Thousands of desperate hurricane survivors in the Bahamas are seeking help in Dorian's aftermath. One 89-year-old woman and her caretaker waited five days for assistance after the storm blew ou...
Sep 05, 2019 AP/Gonzalo Gaudenzi
