Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Civic Center announces first new shows
PEORIA, Ill. -- After being closed for over a year, the Peoria Civic Center has begun filling in its calendar with events later this year and in 2022. On Monday, the Civic Center announced that on Sep...
Apr 27, 2021 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police 'executed' Black man in North Carolina shooting, lawyers say
(Reuters) -Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina during an attempted arrest last week, said body camera footage showed Brown had been "...
Apr 27, 2021 Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II and Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg explaining why they still haven't released the bodycam footage of Andrew Brown Jr killing in this still image taken from a social media video in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S. April 24, 2021. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office via REUTERS
U.S. Supreme Court takes major case on carrying concealed handguns
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights on Monday, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state's restrictions ...
Apr 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Seized handguns are pictured at the police headquarters in New York, New York August 19, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
PPS Board tables controversial change in officer uniforms
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has decided to table a policy change that would alter the uniforms of their resource officers (SRO). The proposed change would make the new...
Apr 26, 2021 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
State COVID roundup 4/26: Nearing 9 million vaccines administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported more than 8.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. More than 50,000 were administered on Sunday t...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Texas, Florida among states to gain U.S. House seats in latest census
(Reuters) -Texas, Florida and North Carolina are among the states that will add congressional seats next year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday, as it released population data that reapportions U...
Apr 26, 2021 REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Local COVID roundup 4/26: 5 weekend deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- All three counties composing the tri-county area over the weekend experienced COVID-related deaths. In Peoria County, a man in his 60s and one in his 80s, both of whom had comorbiditie...
Apr 26, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peorian arrested for attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery
PEORIA, Ill. -At approximately 11:57 a.m. on Sunday, Peoria Police responded to the 2000 block of W. Forestglen Drive regarding a report of a domestic violence situation. When officers arrived, firefi...
Apr 26, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
North Carolina sheriff to request video of deadly shooting of Black man
(Reuters) - A North Carolina sheriff whose deputy shot and killed a Black suspect last week as officers tried to serve the man with warrants has said he would seek the release of body-worn camera vide...
Apr 26, 2021 Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II and Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg explaining why they still haven't released the bodycam footage of Andrew Brown Jr killing in this still image taken from a social media video in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S. April 24, 2021. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office via REUTERS
U.S. states, cities await guidelines on spending stimulus
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. states and local governments are raring to tap billions of dollars coming their way in new federal stimulus funding, but are anxiously awaiting guidance to determine whether i...
Apr 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A family's stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid arrived in the mail in Milton, Massachusetts, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
