Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Council approved tax-based TIFs for areas along the riverfront and Galena Rd.
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Council approved two plans Tuesday night with the goal of boosting economic growth along the riverfront. Using Tax Increment Financing districts, Peoria can designate an are...
May 15, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Supreme Court considers expectation of privacy in hospitals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While Cortez Turner was in a hospital room being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg in 2016, police took his clothes. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court is...
May 14, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court Building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
TikTok creators file suit to block US divestment or ban law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short v...
May 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Harvard pro-Palestinian students end encampment but vow continued protest
(Reuters) - A group of Harvard students said on Tuesday they would peacefully end a pro-Palestinian protest encampment after the university agreed to discuss its endowment with the protesters and begi...
May 14, 2024 A drone view shows pro-Palestinian protestors voluntarily packing up their encampment on the Yard at Harvard University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Fulton County man wins top prize on Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket
FAIRVIEW, Ill. - A Fulton County man is the state's newest millionaire after winning the top prize on an Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket. Kevin Weaver of Fairview won one million dollars after pur...
May 14, 2024 (Illinois Lottery)
Man arrested after Peoria traffic stop after allegedly in possession of a ghost gun
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested in Peoria on Friday after allegedly being in possession of a ghost gun. Peoria Police say a traffic stop was conducted at Monroe and Hancock just before 8:30 P.M. and...
May 14, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man injuried in central Peoria shooting Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is listed in stable condition after being shot Monday night in central Peoria. Peoria Police say five shots were fired in the area of Bourland and Gale just after 9:45 P.M. They l...
May 14, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, computer chips, medical products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products,...
May 14, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event regarding new tariffs targeting various Chinese exports including electric vehicles, solar equipment, and medical supplies, at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria Public Works discusses project to add parking spaces in Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria will soon start a new project where the main focus will be adding more parking in the Warehouse District. Peoria Public Works leaders held a public hearing Tuesday mo...
May 14, 2024 Peoria City Engineer Andrea Klopfenstein discusses plans to add parking spaces and other improvements on Depot Street in the Warehouse District at a public hearing on May 14th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Florida bus crash kills eight, leaves eight critically injured
(Reuters) - Eight people were killed and eight critically injured when a bus carrying laborers collided with a pickup truck, then overturned in northern Florida on Tuesday, authorities said. The worke...
May 14, 2024 Emergency services attend the scene after a bus carrying laborers to a melon farm overturned in a fatal crash near Dunnellon, Florida, U.S. May 14, 2024. Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner/USA Today Network via REUTERS
