Category Archives: Top Stories
Norwood teen dies from fiery crash in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Emergency crews and police were called at approximately 2:31 a.m. Thursday to the 600 block of S. Cameron Lane in Peoria County. Initial reports indicated a roll over accident w...
Jun 06, 2020 Midwest Communications
Crews battle apartment fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Emergency crews responded to a call just before 2 a.m. Saturday to an apartment building in the 3400 block of W. Sunburst Lane in Peoria. "We got there and the entire third floor apart...
Jun 06, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Minneapolis-St. Paul curfew over as troopers, National Guard to be sent home
MINNEAPOLIS - Residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul were no longer under a curfew Friday night and the state is planning to start sending state troopers and National Guard members back home. Minneapol...
Jun 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Peoria mayoral candidate helped release four people arrested for looting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Chama St. Louis, Peoria mayoral candidate, assisted with bailing out four individuals jailed for looting over the weekend. St. Louis said a group of organizations created the Peoria Co...
Jun 05, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Rather than trying to predict the future, live in the moment
PEORIA, Ill. -- As Illinois moves into the next phase of the Restore Illinois Plan and talks about the next phase surface, how do you mentally cope? Dr. Steven Hamon, President of The Antioch Group, s...
Jun 05, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, US adds 2.5 million jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added - a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the econo...
Jun 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria department store survives nationwide cuts
PEORIA, Ill. -- It looks as though the JCPenney at Northwoods Mall has been spared from closure, at least for now. The corporation on Thursday night released a list of the first 154 stores it plans to...
Jun 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Federal complaint charges against Peoria man to Incite Rioting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested and charged Wednesday by a federal criminal complaint with using the internet to incite rioting in Peoria. Peoria police arrested 26-year-old Ca'Quintez Gibson...
Jun 04, 2020
A vehicle hit and run leads to a stabbing arrest
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested and charged to a related stabbing in downtown Peoria. Around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday police responded to the area of Shelley and Antionette regarding a report of a vehicl...
Jun 04, 2020 MWC
EP 9th annual Farmer's Market season kicks off Friday
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's 9th annual Farmer's Market season begins on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The "Fresh Friday" event at the Levee District will be every Friday through September 25th, according...
Jun 04, 2020 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
