Category Archives: Top Stories
Salvation Army surpasses goal for Tree of Lights campaign
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Salvation Army is thanking the community for its continued support, as the organization has seen a significant increase of people needing food, housing and other essential s...
Julia Bradley Feb 14, 2023 (Salvation Army)
Turkey earthquake rescuers find 'miracle' survivors but frustration grows
KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country's worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of ...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 A general view of destroyed houses covered in snow, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, in Elbistan town, Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 12, 2023. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Dr. Derrick Booth now working with UnityPlace
PEORIA, Ill. - We now know where a longtime official with Peoria Public Schools went when he stepped down from his role there. UnityPoint Health says Doctor Derrick Booth is joining UnityPlace as its ...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 Marvin Jordan (left) and Dr. Derrick Booth (Peoria Public Schools)
No U.S. surveillance craft in China's airspace, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -There are no U.S. surveillance aircraft in Chinese airspace, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Monday, declining to specify when pressed by reporters on ...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: U.S. still stumped by latest flying objects as friction with China grows
UPDATED 5:24 P.M. WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it still did not know the origin or purpose of three aerial objects that its military shot down over the weekend, as W...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation handout photo taken at an undisclosed location shows FBI Special Agents assigned to the bureau’s Evidence Response Team processing material recovered from the high-altitude Chinese balloon that was shot down by a U.S. military jet off the coast of South Carolina, in this image released by the FBI on February 9, 2023. FBI/Handout via Reuters
UPDATE: New York U-Haul truck strikes eight people, driver in custody
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Police in New York City have arrested a U-Haul truck driver accused of deliberately plowing into pedestrians on Monday, injuring at least eight people before offi...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 A New York Police Department vehicle blocks a U-Haul rental vehicle, where according to media reports a man struck multiple people and the NYPD took the driver into custody, near the Battery tunnel in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Man confronts burglars in East Bluff home, police investigating
PEORIA, Ill. - An East Bluff homeowner says he fended off several people who had broken in Sunday afternoon. That's according to Peoria Police, who say a burglary in progress was reported just after 1...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police investigate potential drive-by shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for someone who opened fire in the city's East Bluff area Sunday afternoon. Police say they responded to an area of Archer and Arcadia around 1:39 p.m. Sunday ...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 Midwest Communications
Local gas prices drop a little
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria are probably not falling as much as most of us would like, but they are falling nonetheless. GasBuddy.com says their survey of Peoria-area gas stations indicate...
Will Stevenson Feb 13, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
CAT/Chiefs extend naming rights to Dozer Park
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Chiefs and Caterpillar have agreed to a five-year extension on Dozer Park stadium naming rights. CAT obtained naming rights to the ballpark in 2013, calling it Dozer Park in ...
Julia Bradley Feb 13, 2023 Peoria Chiefs