Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Public Schools sees tip line as crime-fighting tool
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools safety officers are getting more tips since they switched to an anonymous phone app, tip411. The app can be used to report bullying, potential fights, incidents ou...
Sep 24, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Murder conviction tossed out for Peoria man in 2020 shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A murder conviction for a Peoria man in a 2020 shooting death has been thrown out by an appeals court. The Fourth District Appellate Court ruled that because of an error by the trial ju...
Sep 23, 2024 (Illinois Department of Corrections/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunman who killed 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 convicted of murder
DENVER (Reuters) -Rejecting an insanity defense, a Colorado jury on Monday convicted a man diagnosed with the severe mental disorder schizophrenia of first-degree murder in a 2021 mass shooting at a g...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, suspect of the King Soopers grocery store shooting, appears in a Boulder County District courtroom at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. May 25, 2021. Matthew Jonas/Boulder Daily Camera/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution
NEW YORK (Reuters) -California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollut...
Sep 23, 2024 California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces a lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, during a press conference event at Climate Week in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Illinois celebrates dispensary openings while manufacturers face significant challenges
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the state's marijuana industry. View the first part here. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While Illinois' cannabis market is boomi...
Sep 23, 2024 A state-commissioned independent study showed Illinois has granted more cannabis licenses to minority- and woman-owned businesses than any other state, although hurdles to those businesses becoming operable remain. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
US aims to bring attempted assassination charge against Trump suspect
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -The U.S. will seek to charge the man accused of hiding out with a gun near former President Donald Trump's Florida golf course with attempting to assassinate a majo...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ryan W. Routh is seen during a rally in Mariupol, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenk/File Photo
Man takes pleads guilty as part of deal in connection to fatal 2023 shooting near Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has taken a plea deal from prosecutors in connection to the shooting death of an 18-year-old Peoria apartment complex last year. The Peoria County Circuit Clerk's Office says 26-y...
Sep 23, 2024 Torreon Carey (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US violent crime decreased in 2023, hate crimes rose, FBI reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Incidents of violent crime in the United States fell by 3% last year, including the largest drop in murder in 20 years, while the number of hate crimes rose, the FBI said in an a...
Sep 23, 2024 An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Man injured after Sunday morning shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to a hospital early Sunday morning after reportedly being shot in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officers responded at around 12:30 A.M. after 18 shots total were repo...
Sep 23, 2024
Disaster declaration approved for Fulton County after July storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Biden signed a federal Major Disaster Declaration on Monday authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance program for Cook, Fulton, H...
Sep 23, 2024 (Fulton County ESDA)
