Category Archives: Top Stories
East Peoria Council nears green light for another marijuana store
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria got one step closer Tuesday night to getting its second adult-use cannabis dispensary. City council voted 4-1 to approve a first reading ordinance that would allow Sor...
Oct 06, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
President Trump's senior adviser tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's senior adviser and speechwriter, tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday. A senior administration official said Miller had previously te...
Oct 06, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Biden says no debate next week if Trump still has virus
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he and President Donald Trump "shouldn't have a debate" as long as the president remains positive for the coronavirus. Biden said Tu...
Oct 06, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Gov. Pritzker proposes principles for "more equitable criminal justice system"
CHICAGO -- Criminal justice reform has been a hot topic across the country in recent months, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday proposed seven guiding principles to reform and modernize the state's...
Oct 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Guitar rock god Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
NEW YORK (AP) - Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery sol...
Oct 06, 2020
Peoria Rivermen, along with four other teams, opt out of SPHL season
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - When the Souther Professional Hockey League (SPHL) season begins in December, the Peoria Rivermen will not be playing. The Rivermen, along with four other SPHL teams, will instead p...
Oct 06, 2020 Photo Credit: Peoria Rivermen
Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of COVID-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Na...
Oct 06, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Local COVID roundup 10/6: daily count well below recent average
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department reported 45 area residents between Monday and Tuesday received positive COVID-19 test results. That number was a significant departure from las...
Oct 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria's Santa Claus Parade will go on
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many area events have been canceled this year due to COVID-19, but Peoria's 133rd Santa Clause Parade won't be one of them. Peoria Area Community Events, the parade's organizer, said i...
Oct 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
State COVID roundup 10/6: high testing numbers continue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Close to 50,000 people throughout Illinois between Monday and Tuesday were tested for coronavirus. Illinois Department of Public Health said 49,513 specimens were collected as 1,6...
Oct 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
