Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Fire Chief: Glen Oak Towers fire could have been much worse
Peoria, Ill -- We're told the three-alarm fire at Glen Oak Towers early Monday could have been much worse. The blaze sent 8 people to the hospital, including three with critical injuries. Peoria Fire ...
Nov 02, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PACVB busy promoting the Peoria area's best assets
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria area has so much to offer its visitors. JD Dalfanso, President and CEO of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, says he's seeing a trend of more people making the ...
Nov 02, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
CDC advisers to vote on COVID-19 vaccine in young children
(Reuters) - The United States could begin administering Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday after a panel of outside experts votes on Tuesday on how br...
Nov 02, 2021 A medical worker prepares a dose of the "Comirnaty" Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes, France, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Files
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in hospital with injury
(Reuters) - U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has been admitted to hospital for an injury suffered while attending a meeting at Howard University, officials of the historically Black college said...
Nov 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson stops by a demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol to protest the expiration of the federal moratorium on residential evictions in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Feds: Illegal alien admits to gun and drug crimes in Peoria
Peoria, Ill -- An illegal alien living in Peoria will now spend roughly the next three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun charges. U.S. Attorneys say a multi-agency task force found ...
Nov 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The crest of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
In blow to Biden, Joe Manchin will not commit to backing $1.75 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's domestic agenda suffered a significant setback on Monday when moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced he would not yet support a $1.75 trilli...
Nov 01, 2021 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) delivers remarks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Governor declares gun violence 'public health crisis,' launches 'Public Safety Initiative' to help solve it
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he's aware of the gun violence happening locally and which has resulted in a record number of homicides. Unfortunately, Pritzker says that's because ...
Nov 01, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service (file)
U.S. Supreme Court examines states' rights hack in new Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared to lean toward allowing a challenge brought by abortion providers to a Republican-backed law that imposes a near-total ban on the p...
Nov 01, 2021 Anti-abortion prortestors demonstrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court hears arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Dead trees at Peoria Civic Center being replaced to raise awareness
Peoria, Ill -- The ongoing battle against a tree-killing beetle gets full attention as the Peoria Civic Center receives a donation of new trees. At the same time, we learn the U.S. Government has give...
Nov 01, 2021
Peoria Police Chief to sign "10 Shared Principles" with NAACP
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police says it's taking what it hopes will be a positive step forward in improving race relations, in a way other communities have also done. Police Chief Eric Echevarria will jo...
Nov 01, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
