Category Archives: Top Stories
Teenager arrested in Peoria for aggravated discharge of a firearm
PEORIA Ill. - One individual was arrested on Tuesday, for allegedly trying to break into a person's vehicle -- and firing a weapon. According to Peoria Police, officers were dispatched to the 1900 blo...
Jan 03, 2025 JiMichael Brown mug shot
Task force recommends tornado shelters in warehouse following deadly 2021 storm
SPRINGFIELD - A task force created in the wake of a deadly Metro East tornado has issued recommendations for better protecting warehouse workers. Six people were killed when an EF3 tornado with 150 mp...
Jan 03, 2025 A survey photo shows the damage to an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville following an EF3 tornado on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo provided by the National Weather Service)
Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Trump's Republicans unite behind him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump's R...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media following the passage of a spending legislation to avert a government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
National Weather Service forecasting weekend snow storm
PEORIA Ill. - Ahead of the snow storm we're expecting this weekend, the National Weather Service is previewing what locals can expect. NWS meteorologist Ed Shimmon hosted a webinar early Friday, depic...
Jan 03, 2025 National Weather Service winter weather forecast 1/5/25
US agencies worry New Orleans truck attack may inspire copycats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran, acco...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 1, 2025. Geoff Burke/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS/File Photo
Ahead of Central Illinois' biggest snowfall of the season, I-DOT says pack some extra patience
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - With four to six inches of snow forecast for Central Illinois on Sunday, the Illinois Department of Transportation wants you to ask yourself one question...Do I really need to be o...
Jan 03, 2025 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Koehler announces $1.2 million in grants for park improvements
PEORIA Ill. - Pleasure Driveway Park in Peoria is receiving $600,000 of grants for improvements. Illinois State Senator Dave Koehler announced today -- both the City of Bloomington and Pleasure Drivew...
Jan 03, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden blocks sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden officially blocked Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel on Friday, dealing a probably fatal blow to the contentious merger ...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
EV maker Rivian beats expectations for deliveries as supply snag eases
(Reuters) - Rivian surpassed analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter deliveries on Friday and said its production was no longer constrained by a component shortage, a positive sign for the electric ...
Jan 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
Collins: 2-5 inches of snow possible in Central Illinois on Sunday
UPDATED 4:25PM PEORIA Ill. - 25NEWS HAS ISSUED A FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL A...
Jan 03, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
