Category Archives: Top Stories
CityLink announces holiday hours of operation
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink buses will not run on Christmas Day or New Years Day. Emily Watson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CityLink, said that the buses will have a shorter schedule t...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Local hospitals ask to limit visitors
PEORIA, Ill. -- With an uptick in positive flu cases, local hospitals ask to limit visits. Sara Sparkman, spokesperson for the Tazewell County Health Department, said that the Peoria and Tazewell Coun...
Dec 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
ISP watching for the fatal four and Scott's Law this holiday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Police will be out in full force this holiday. ISP spokesperson Haylie Polistina said troopers will be enforcing the fatal four. "We'll be looking for drunk drivers, spe...
Dec 23, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Feed the birds, even during winter
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As birds fly south for the winter, the University of Illinois Extension is reminding you to make sure your house is a stopping point. Keeping your feeder full throughout the cold ...
Dec 23, 2019 Midwest Communications
LaHood opponent withdraws
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rep. Darin LaHood's Democratic opponent has dropped out of the race. Mark Haasis announced via Facebook he will not be challenging LaHood for Illinois's 18th District seat. Haasis said...
Dec 23, 2019 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Fatal crash in Fulton County leads to one DUI arrest
CUBA, Ill. -- A drunk driving crash north of Cuba has left three people dead. The incident happened around 8:45 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Illinois Route 97 and Route 9. According to the Fulto...
Dec 22, 2019 Midwest Communications
US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize the private land it needs to build a border wall in South Texas. The Justice Department has filed three lawsuits so far this month...
Dec 21, 2019 FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border in Donna, Texas. A federal appeals court hears arguments against diverting Pentagon money for border wall construction as time runs out. It says the Trump administration has moved quickly to spend the money after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal to prevent work from starting in July. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of Union
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 4, 2020. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to the president on Friday, formally i...
Dec 21, 2019
Man sentenced to 80 years for 2018 Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man convicted of a fatal shooting in 2018 was sentenced to 80 years in prison Friday. Jamie Weyrick was found guilty November 6 in the shooting death of Terrance Stone, after ...
Dec 21, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Dream Center Peoria opens fourth floor
PEORIA, Ill. -- A sea of people gathered on the fourth floor of Dream Center Peoria to see the renovated space. Andy King, Executive Director of Dream Center Peoria, said the new fourth floor has been...
Dec 20, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
