Category Archives: Top Stories
Woodford County Sheriff to not run for re-election
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - The top law enforcement officer in Woodford County plans to leave the role when his current term ends. Sheriff Matt Smith announced on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election...
Jul 29, 2025 (File-25 News)
Bradley Braves basketball season opener announced, team to participate in 12-team, two-city event
PEORIA, Ill. - A brunch time battle will begin the 2025-26 season of Bradley Braves men's basketball. The Field of 68 announced Tuesday that Bradley will be one of 12 teams to participate in its Openi...
Jul 29, 2025 (Bradley University Athletics)
Largest U.S. rail union intends to oppose Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merger
(Reuters) -The largest rail union in the United States said on Tuesday it intends to oppose Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion acquisition of smaller rival Norfolk Southern in regulatory proceedings...
Jul 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Union Pacific rail car is parked at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train yard in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Armed robbery sends Peoria man to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a pair of suspects wanted for an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday morning. Officers were called just after 12 a.m. to the area of N. Western and W...
Jul 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria's UFS Outlet Center announces it's moving the store across town
PEORIA, Ill. - After nearly 60 years on SW Adams on Peoria's Southside, UFS has announced the store is moving to the other side of town. UFS said in a release on Tuesday that the store will relocate t...
Jul 29, 2025 UFS Outlet Center on SW Adams Street in Peoria announced on Tuesday the store is moving across town. (USF Outlet Center website).
The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners are on their way to St. Jude
PEORIA, Ill. - It's the 44th year of the St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run. Co-founder Mike McCoy spoke with WMBD's "Greg and Dan" on Tuesday morning as the caravan made their way out of town. "We've got...
Jul 29, 2025 The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners left Peoria Tuesday morning. Once in Memphis, they'll start the trek back home Wednesday. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Caleb Kelch)
UPDATE: Child in critical condition after drowning incident at Peoria pool
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A six-year-old remains in critical condition after a drowning incident at a Peoria private country club pool. Peoria Police says the incident occurred just before 7:4...
Jul 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Update: Police investigate motive behind deadly mass shooting in Manhattan office tower
Updated 7:47 a.m. NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City homicide detectives sought clues on Tuesday to what possessed a Las Vegas man to drive cross-country and storm into a midtown Manhattan office tower...
Jul 29, 2025 NYPD officers and media members stand along Park Avenue in front of the building where a shooting had taken place the day before, as pedestrians walk by, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
West Bluff fire sends four people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's West Bluff sent two adults and two children to the hospital for smoke inhalation Monday night. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says crews responded just after 6 p.m....
Jul 29, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Redevelopment of PNC Bank Building closer to reality with construction bids
PEORIA, Ill. - Three companies have submitted bids to redevelop the P-N-C Bank building in downtown Peoria. City Manager Patrick Urich tells "The Phil Luciano Show" the companies are Baldovin from Peo...
Jul 29, 2025 (25 News)
