Category Archives: Top Stories
New Mexico teen bought AR-style rifle legally before shooting spree, police say
TAOS, NEW MEXICO (Reuters) - An 18-year-old gunman who randomly killed three people as he roamed through a New Mexico neighborhood this week legally bought the assault-style rifle he used in the shoot...
Will Stevenson May 16, 2023 Law enforcement officers from the Farmington Police Department, San Juan County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police deploy at the scene of a fatal shooting in Farmington, New Mexico, U.S. May 15, 2023. Mike Easterling/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Peoria Police strengthening efforts toward hiring more women
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says his department has some strong goals when it comes to hiring and recruiting. Echevarria tells WMBD's Craig Collins he wants to see significantly...
Will Stevenson May 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin City Council votes 4-3 to remove interim City Manager from that job
PEKIN, Ill. - The new Pekin City Council is starting out divided. Council members voted four to three Monday night to oust Bruce Marston as Interim City Manager -- a post he's had since November when ...
Will Stevenson May 16, 2023 (File - City of Pekin)
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a "significant area of co...
TJ Carson May 16, 2023 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology & the Law Subcommittee hearing titled 'Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Ribbon cut on active sensory gym at Easterseals Learning Academy
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - Students at the Easterseals Learning Academy have a space that uses play to help develop social and motor skills. The facility held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for its A...
TJ Carson May 16, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job posti...
Will Stevenson May 16, 2023 Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is pictured on the floor of the Illinois Senate. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Producers announce 'hiatus' ahead of this year's Summer Camp
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- This year's Summer Camp music festival will apparently be the last, at least in the way it's been done so far. The producers of the annual event at Chillicothe's Three Sisters Par...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Republican allies form Super PAC to back Pence presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allies of Mike Pence launched a Super PAC on Tuesday to garner support for the former vice president as he moves toward an expected run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomi...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
State lawmakers trying to wrap up spring session in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois legislators will be busy over the next few days, passing bills and putting together a new state budget during the last scheduled week of the spring session. The most daun...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting starts as Australia trip in limbo
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held a new round of talks about the U.S. debt ceiling on Tuesday, and sources sai...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo