Category Archives: Top Stories
CEFCU settles with Department of Justice after alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations
PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice after alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The credit union was accused in a complaint that it refuse...
May 23, 2024 (25 News)
"Super" window washers visit OSF Children's Hospital to put smiles on patients
PEORIA, Ill. - Superheroes scaled the walls of OSF Children's Hospital on Thursday to put smiles on the faces of patients. Two window washers from Clearly Windows in Bloomington did their job at the h...
May 23, 2024 Window washers dressed as the Green Lantern and Batman clean windows at OSF Children's Hospital on May 23rd, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Advocates underscore need for statewide reentry programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois legislators this week approved a bill to restructure an oversight board in charge of distributing state money to courts that provide prison alterna...
May 23, 2024 Antonio Lightfoot, deputy director at the nonprofit Workers Center for Racial Justice, speaks at a news conference in the Illinois State Capitol. Advocates wore orange jumpsuits to symbolize the restrictions placed on people who return to society from prison. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Live Nation 'suffocates its competition,' US says in monopoly lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster uni...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Concertgoers watch a performance by Post Malone at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, U.S., April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Golf-Officer who arrested Scheffler disciplined for not having body camera on
(Reuters) - The officer who arrested world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler last week has been disciplined for not activating his body-worn camera during the incident, Kentucky police said on Thurs...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: May 19, 2024; Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Scottie Scheffler lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Matt Stone-USA TODAY Sports
University heads testify before US House committee on campus tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The heads of three universities and an academic honor society are testifying on Thursday to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce about universities' handling o...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People gather at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 1, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fall as labor market remains solid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to underlying strength in the labor market that should continue to support the econo...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
17-year-old arrested on gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested on gun charges on Tuesday night in Peoria. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers tried to stop a vehicle near Sheridan Road and Bartlett Court around 9:1...
May 23, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump to hold South Bronx, New York, campaign rally in push for Black voters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host a campaign rally in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York on Thursday, targeting a Democratic stronghold as he tries to...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, U.S., May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Kitchen fire displaces Peoria couple from their home
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria home was heavily damaged by a kitchen fire Wednesday evening, displacing a couple who lived there. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says a dog was rescued from the base...
May 23, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
