Category Archives: Top Stories
No deal: Chicago teachers strike
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers are on strike after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district. Picket lines are going up Thursday morning after the Chicago Teach...
Oct 17, 2019 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Rivermen kick off 38th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rivermen hockey returns to the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel is back for his seventh season, but it is the team's 38th season. He told WMBD's Greg and Da...
Oct 17, 2019 1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has died
BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68. A sh...
Oct 17, 2019 FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. U.S. Rep. Cummings has died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Two-vehicle crash in Peoria sends two people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the 8300 block of N. Galena Road around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday for an accident with possible entrapment. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage....
Oct 17, 2019 Midwest Communications
Illinois Extension warning seniors how to avoid scams
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You may get a call from the "police" saying your grandchild is in jail and needs a certain amount of money to be released. Or a call from "Microsoft" telling you that your computer...
Oct 16, 2019 MWC-Scam Graphic credit: University of Illinois Extension.
Series of intrusions puts PPD on watch
PEORIA, Ill. -- A string of attempted burglaries early Wednesday morning hit Peoria's northside. The Peoria Police Department reported incidents in the 1600 block of W. Winnebago, the 1500 block of W....
Oct 16, 2019 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Councilman wife denies ever wanting charges filed
PEORIA, Ill. -- The wife of embattled Peoria At-Large Councilman Zach Oyler has claimed not only has she wanted to drop charges against him, but she also never wanted to file charges against him in th...
Oct 16, 2019
Crash in Pekin sends one man to a hospital by LifeFlight
PEKIN, Ill. - A man was transported to a hospital after a crash on 2nd Street in Pekin Wednesday morning. "A male driver hit another vehicle, and then the train which was stopped," said Pekin Public I...
Oct 16, 2019 25 News
Joe Maddon agrees to manage the Los Angeles Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Joe Maddon has agreed to become the Los Angeles Angels' manager. Maddon and the Angels agreed to terms Wednesday on a deal to reunite the veteran manager with the organization w...
Oct 16, 2019 Chicago Cubs' manager Joe Madden works the crowd during the team's annual convention Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Pekin 'Night Out Against Crime' focused on kids
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Pekin Police Department will host their 17th "Night Out Against Crime" Thursday night at the Avanti's Dome, located at 3401 Griffin Avenue from 5-8 p.m. The first hour is private, a...
Oct 16, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
