Category Archives: Top Stories
Pekin Police equipping seized vehicle for covert operations
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police say a vehicle recently seized from its owner because it was used in illegal drug trafficking, is now in the department's possession to use as a covert crime-fighting tool. P...
Jun 10, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunman kills at least nine in attack on Austrian secondary school
GRAZ, Austria (Reuters) -A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history. Poli...
Jun 10, 2025 Police officers stand as children are evacuated from the school, following a deadly school shooting in Graz, Austria, June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
US Health Secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and is in the process of replacing t...
Jun 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
UPDATE: Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities
Updated: 9:00 a.m. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4...
Jun 10, 2025 Marines stand near vehicles as they prepare to depart for Los Angeles, at an unknown location, in this handout picture released on June 9, 2025. U.S. Northern Command via X/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria residents displaced by fire Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home on W. MacQueen in Peoria Monday afternoon. Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says when they arrived around 4:50 p.m., firefighters found a single-story hom...
Jun 10, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenager charged as adult in August 2024 shooting near Peoria East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - An 18-year-old will be tried as an adult for a shooting outside a Peoria East Bluff market last summer. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 18-year-old Caron Payton is char...
Jun 09, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City leaders tout a safe and spectacular Red, White and Boom on July 4th
PEORIA, Ill. - The Choose Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom fireworks show is just a few weeks away. On the Fourth of July, up to 200,000 people will be on Peoria and East Peoria's riverfronts to wat...
Jun 09, 2025 Laura Cullinan, of the Gilmore Foundation, spoke on Monday at a press conference previewing this year's Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom fireworks show on the riverfront. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Washington amphitheater project withdrawn by foundation behind it
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The foundation behind a proposed amphitheater for Washington is pulling support for it. Attorneys for the Hengst Foundation, the organization behind the 5,000 seat, $12 million proj...
Jun 09, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New leadership begins for Midwest Food Bank in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - A Morton native is now the new leader for the city's Midwest Food Bank branch. John Cirilli's first day as Executive Director of the location is Monday. He takes over for Lisa Martin, w...
Jun 09, 2025 (Midwest Food Bank)
Peoria County Sheriff's Office warning of new power wash scam
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is warning of a scam circulating the area that involves power washing. The office says it received several reports last week of solicitors goin...
Jun 09, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
