Category Archives: Top Stories
Woman sentenced for hijacking at Peoria shopping center
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman has received the maximum sentence possible after hijacking at a Peoria strip mall last summer. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 33-year-old Taccara Dear to 12 ye...
Feb 27, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump raises prospect of 'friendly takeover' of Cuba, says Rubio in talks
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday raised the prospect of a "friendly takeover" of Cuba, telling reporters at the White House that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was ...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump waves before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Corpus Christi, Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., February 27, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Man sentenced after sexual predator sting operation by Chillicothe Police
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge sentenced a man Friday after being caught in an online sting operation to catch sexual predators. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 39-year-old Domi...
Feb 27, 2026 courtroom gavel
The Spring Home Show returns to the Peoria Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The 2026 Official Spring Home Show gets underway Friday at the Peoria Civic Center. The Home Show's Andy Knapp tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" that it's a one-stop shop for everything you n...
Feb 27, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legislators, activists continue push for prescription drug affordability board
Article Summary Citing high prescription drug prices, lawmakers and activists are reviving a dormant push to create an Illinois prescription drug affordability board. The board would be able to set th...
Feb 27, 2026 Citizen Action/Illinois Executive Director Anusha Thotakura speaks at a
rally in the state capitol building on Feb. 17. Citizen Action rallied in support of
legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board. (Capitol News Illinois
photo by Jenna Schweikert)
US-Iran talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress
By Parisa Hafezi and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran made progress in talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday, mediator Oman said, but hours of negotia...
Feb 27, 2026 Demonstrators hold images of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and an Iranian opposition figure, during a protest against Iran's government in front of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the day of a new round of indirect U.S.-Iran talks over their long-running nuclear dispute, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Alb
Trump to tout economy, energy in Texas ahead of Republican primaries
By Bo Erickson CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to southern Texas on Friday to tout his economic and fossil fuel agenda, just days before Republicans f...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S.President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS
Update: Bill Clinton testifies to US Congress committee about Epstein
By Richard Cowan Updated at 10:51 a.m. Feb 27 (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton was testifying on Friday behind closed doors to a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Je...
Feb 27, 2026 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose in this handout image released from Epstein's estate by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 12, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS
Former Peoria pastor pleads not guilty to sending minor explicit images
By Angeles Ponpa PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A former pastor of Riverside Community Church found himself in an emptier courtroom Thursday afternoon as he pleaded not guilty to distributing harmful materi...
Feb 27, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria men and community leaders continue to show up for city's youth
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A group of volunteers continue to answer the call from Peoria's Police Chief to show up for youth in the community. Parents, guardians, and community members greeted students ...
Feb 26, 2026 (25 News)
