Category Archives: Top Stories
State-of-the-art projection system comes to Peoria's Dome Planetarium
PEORIA, Ill. -- A brand-new, world-class planetarium system will be unveiled at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 22. The system, Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7, is considered the ...
May 21, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Dozer Park upping capacity
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Chiefs will begin to sell tickets for 60% of seats at Dozer Park. The team announced Friday night's game against Quad Cities would be the first game at that capacity, after ...
May 21, 2021 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the U...
May 21, 2021 REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
2 14-year-old girls among suspects in Peoria carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. -- Four suspects, including a pair of juveniles, have been arrested for a Wednesday morning armed carjacking in Peoria's West Bluff. A woman said the suspects drove away around 10:30 in h...
May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Health Administrator urges vaccination status honesty
PEORIA, Ill. -- With the news last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that mask guidelines would be relaxed for fully-vaccinated individuals, many have wondered how to tell i...
May 20, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Local COVID roundup 5/20: area man in 30s succumbs
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two residents of the Peoria-Tazewell-Woodford tri-county during the most recent COVID-19 reporting period passed away from conditions related to the virus. A Peoria man in his 30s died...
May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
Israel and Hamas to observe Gaza truce from 2 a.m. on Friday
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), a Hamas official and Israeli media said, bringing a potentially tenu...
May 20, 2021 REUTERS/Baz Ratner
State COVID roundup 5/20: nearly 50% fully vaxed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Almost half of all Illinois adults have reached full vaccination status. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 47% of the state's adult population as of Thursday had r...
May 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
PIA launches new website
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is launching a newly redesigned website. The updated flypia.com will offer passengers and area residents increased functionality and e...
May 20, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop further below 500,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped further below 500,000 last week, suggesting job growth picked up this month, though companies still a...
May 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
