Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria non-profit announces temporary closure of food pantry
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is shutting down its food pantry for the time being. Friendship House announced Wednesday that its daily food pantry is closed until further notice. The organization...
Jul 09, 2025 (Peoria Friendship House)
Choose Greater Peoria kicks off a new summer-long concert series
PEORIA, Ill. - Choose Greater Peoria wants you to come "hang out" downtown this summer...and be entertained. Abby Kaufman says every Wednesday from 11-1, there will be lunchtime concerts and food truc...
Jul 09, 2025 Choose Greater Peoria is kicking off a summer-long concert series at lunchtime at the CAT Visitors Center and Peoria Riverfront Museum.
Tazewell County voter rolls to be electronic in future elections
PEKIN, Ill. - New technology will be coming to polling locations in Tazewell County. Clerk John Ackerman announced on Wednesday that the county has purchased electronic poll books to replace paper ver...
Jul 09, 2025 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman holds a paper poll book during a press conference on July 9th, 2025, to announce the county's purchase of machines to have electronic versions of the books. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley University President Shadid reflects on first 100 days on campus
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University President James Shadid has been on the job for 100 days. He says his vision for the university is really simple, with a focus on students. "I want to create a premier...
Jul 09, 2025 (Bradley University)
State Treasurer's Office set to return a record number of checks to Illinois residents
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - This summer, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs will return a record number of checks to Illinois residents. $45 million in cash is owed to 600,000 people that probably don't know it...
Jul 09, 2025 Midwest Communications
Netanyahu and Trump prioritize hostages as Gaza military campaign grinds on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, and underlined his determinatio...
Jul 09, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Death toll from Texas flood hits triple-digits as tally of missing tops 180
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams p...
Jul 09, 2025 A drone view shows the Guadalupe River and damage from flooding near Camp Mystic, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
Coolant leak causes temporary closure of Peoria restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria restaurant is temporarily closed after smoke filled the dining area Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the Mission BBQ on Sterling just before 1:45 P.M. S...
Jul 08, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal food assistance changes threaten benefits for thousands of Illinoisans
Article summary The domestic policy law signed by President Donald Trump last week creates new work requirements that could jeopardize food assistance benefits for 360,000 Illinoisans. Illinois will b...
Jul 08, 2025 Fruits and vegetables are pictured at a County Market grocery store in Springfield. The items are eligible for purchase under the federal SNAP program. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Supreme Court lets Trump resume plans for mass federal layoffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume its plans to carry out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, el...
Jul 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
