Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal
CHICAGO (AP) - Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data witho...
Feb 10, 2020 Attendees stick notes on a Facebook logo at F8, the Facebook's developer conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar )
Illinois extends medical marijuana sales hours
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois officials are allowing medical marijuana businesses to stay open later. The change announced Friday follows complaints that people seeking those products have been at a disadva...
Feb 10, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Making Oscar history, 'Parasite' wins best picture
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Parasite" has won the best picture Oscar, becoming the first foreign-language film to take home the biggest honor in film. Bong Joon Ho's class satire also won for best director, b...
Feb 10, 2020 Bong Joon Ho, right, reacts as he is presented with the award for best picture for "Parasite" from presenter Jane Fonda at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Looking on from left are Kang-Ho Song and Kwak Sin Ae.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Orson Bean hit and killed by car in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities in Los Angeles say actor and comedian Orson Bean was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles. He was 91. He was known for his appearances on TV game shows and for playing...
Feb 08, 2020 (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Interstate crash claims a life
MORTON, Ill. -- One person died after a crash on I-155. Illinois State Police say the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of I-155 around 6:40 Friday nigh...
Feb 08, 2020 Midwest Communications
Country Cares Radiothon Raises Money For St. Jude kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Stretching back decades Peoria has had a strong connection to kids of St. Jude. This year was no exception. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf raised over $76,000 for the kids at ...
Feb 07, 2020 MWC-Photo Credit 104.9 The Wolf
Juvenile arrested for Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A teenager was taken into custody for shooting a man in the leg. Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert on Sunday Feb. 2, just after 10:00 p.m. While on their way to the scene,...
Feb 07, 2020 Midwest Communications
Spacecraft named after Bradley alumnus
PEORIA. Ill. -- A space station cargo capsule set to launch to the International Space Station is named after a graduate of Bradley University. Major Robert Lawrence Jr. graduated from Bradley in 1956...
Feb 07, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Detours ahead: getting ready for the Murray Baker closure
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Have you figured out your detours? The countdown clock is down to under two months until the Murray Baker Bridge is closed until the end of October. The East Peoria Chamber of Com...
Feb 07, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
County Cares Radiothon benefits St. Jude Kids
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria has a strong connection to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, that stretches back decades. WMBD sister media outlet 104.9 The Wolf has raised money for...
Feb 07, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
