Category Archives: Top Stories
Jobless rate an all-time low
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois's September unemployment rate hit a record low. The rate came in at 3.9%, which was still .4% higher than the national average, but down .1% from the state's August unemp...
Oct 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Search of Peoria home leads to arrest, drug seizure
PEORIA, Ill. -- The search of a Peoria home led to an arrest, and the discovery of 29 grams of cocaine, ecstacy pills, and $2500 cash Thursday morning. Multiple agencies executed the search at a home ...
Oct 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois State Treasurer reads to Peoria kids, talks importance of financial literacy
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs stopped by the Peoria Public Library on Friday to read about Franklin and saving money to kids during storytime. Frerichs said it is important ...
Oct 18, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
World's 1st female spacewalking team makes history
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's first female spacewalking team is making history high above Earth. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir exited the International Space Station on Fri...
Oct 18, 2019 NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and Amy Ross speak as Kristine Dans demonstrates the ease of walking in the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU), one of two NASA spacesuit prototypes for lunar exploration on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. At far right is, Dustin Gohmert wearing the Orion Crew Survival Suit. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Former Pere Marquette developers sue Peoria again
PEORIA, Ill. -- The former developers of the Hotel Pere Marquette in downtown Peoria have sued the city and its mayor again. On Thursday, GEM Hospitality filed a second lawsuit in roughly seven months...
Oct 18, 2019 MWC
Overnight fire sends one to the hospital in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria firefighters responded to a fire call from the 800 Block of E. McClure around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived, crews found fire in the front porch area and on the first fl...
Oct 18, 2019
Collins: Winter outlook indicates more snow than usual
PEORIA, Ill. --If the outlook for this winter is correct, the Peoria area could see more snow than usual this year. "Central and Northern Illinois are in the above normal category for precipitation th...
Oct 18, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Historic railroad turntable in talks to leave Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A historic piece of Peoria's history could be moving to a museum in 2020. The railroad turntable located at Riverfront Park has been selected by the Monticello Railway Museum to become ...
Oct 17, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Unclaimed cash in Illinois, checks could be in the mail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In the coming weeks more than 8,000 taxpayers will be getting a check in the mail for unclaimed cash they are due. Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs' said his office is returning on...
Oct 17, 2019 AP Photo/Seth Perlman
Here's your sign: Peoria Stadium upgrade imminent
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two electronic signs in front of Peoria Stadium should be up and functional by Christmas 2019, said the Peoria Public Schools Building Committee. The committee met Thursday in regular ...
Oct 17, 2019 Kristina Leahy/WMBD
