Category Archives: Top Stories
Anti-violence initiative under investigation by Peoria Police
PEORIA, Ill. - An initiative with a focus on reducing violence in parts of Peoria is under a potential criminal investigation. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says there is an investigation being conducte...
Sep 11, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Election officials raise 'serious questions' about US Postal Service ballot delivery plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of about three dozen state and local election officials on Wednesday raised serious concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to deliver millions of ballots for th...
Sep 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mail-in ballots are shown at the Orange County Registrar of voters before being sent to the U.S. Postal Service for delivery to voters in Santa Ana, California, U.S., October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Teenager arrested in connection to Peoria and stabbing and robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old male has been arrested in connection to a stabbing and robbery from earlier this month. Peoria Police say the 16-year-old was identified as the suspect, and arrested Wedne...
Sep 11, 2024 (Midwest Communication)
New location to bring prevention, counseling services closer to Downtown Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Additional resources are coming to downtown Peoria, to benefit the local at-risk youth population. The Children's Home Association of Illinois or "CHAIL" told 25News on Tuesday - they've...
Sep 11, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hurricane Francine threatens New Orleans, evacuations ordered in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Hurricane Francine threatened New Orleans and the wider Gulf Coast on Wednesday, shutting down a quarter of oil and gas production in the Gulf, while parishes across Louisiana i...
Sep 11, 2024 A drone view shows the Morgan City as Hurricane Francine approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, in Morgan City, Louisiana, U.S. September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
US House Republicans cancel vote on stopgap funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work is needed to build support for a measure...
Sep 11, 2024 The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen on a rainy day in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria's St. Jude Ride route affected by Hurricane Francine
PEORIA, Ill. - It's never happened in 18 years, but the route for this year's St. Jude Rides is being altered. "We are going to be cutting it short tomorrow (Thursday), because of the hurricane coming...
Sep 11, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
Biden, Harris and Trump visit Sept. 11 sites to honor victims
NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stood alongside former President Donald Trump and his 2024 running mate, JD Vance, on Wednesday to observe the 23rd anniversary...
Sep 11, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance, U.S. President Joe Biden and former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, and Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris gesture during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
US consumer prices rise moderately in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose marginally in August, but underlying inflation showed some stickiness, which could discourage the Federal Reserve from delivering a half-point interest...
Sep 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person shops for vegetables at a supermarket in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Morton celebrates all things pumpkin this week with the annual Pumpkin Festival
MORTON, Ill. - Morton's 58th annual Pumpkin Festival gets underway on Wednesday. Jacque Austin, with the Morton Chamber of Commerce, says the food is always a big draw with pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin i...
Sep 11, 2024 (Morton Pumpkin Festival Facebook)
