Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Robert Ely found guilty in the January 2021 stabbing death of a Peoria doctor
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has found a St. Louis man guilty in the stabbing death of a Peoria doctor from three years ago. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Robe...
Feb 28, 2024 Robert Ely (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
US Congress leaders reach deal on FY24 spending bills, avert government shutdown Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday announced they had reached a deal for advancing the 12 annual bills that fund an array of federal programs for...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man uses his mobile phone near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US Supreme Court to decide Trump criminal immunity claim in 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution on charges brought by a special counsel involving his efforts to overturn h...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a rally in advance of the New Hampshire primary election in Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S. January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Richard Lewis, comic and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' regular, dies at 76
(Reuters) - Comedian Richard Lewis, who rose to fame with his neurotic, self-deprecating wit and later appeared for more than two decades alongside Larry David on the hit HBO series "Curb Your Enthusi...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Comedian Richard Lewis poses at a premiere for the Netflix original film "Sandy Wexler" in Los Angeles, California, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
Brandon Walker receives life-sentence in relation to death of 8-year-old Navin Jones
PEORIA, Ill. - Brandon Walker will spend the rest of his life in prison for the death of 8-year-old Navin Jones. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Walker, 42, received a sentence of natura...
Feb 28, 2024 Brandon Walker enters the courtroom in Peoria County Court Monday, December 11. (25 News)
Peoria community leaders call for more support for early childhood programs
PEORIA, Ill. - A coalition with leaders in business, law enforcement, and the military in the Peoria area are pushing for more support for early childhood programs. The Council for a Strong America fe...
Feb 28, 2024 Peoria-area leaders speak at a press conference at St. Paul Baptist Church on Feb. 28th, 2024 to call for more support for early childhood programs. From L-to-R; Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joshua Gunn, Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos, Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria, Major General (ret.) Gary Dylewski, U.S. Air Force. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump loses bid to pause $454.2 million judgment in NY civil fraud case
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real estate values to dupe lend...
Feb 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
UPDATE: McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November
UPDATED 11:44 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's said on Wednesday he would step down from his leadership role, leaving a power vacuum atop the party he has pi...
Feb 28, 2024 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens to a question from a reporter following a meeting at the White House and the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Teens arrested for allegedly throwing concrete and transmission fluid at passing cars
KNOX COUNTY, Ill. - Three teenagers in Knox County are in trouble with the law after they allegedly decided to throw concrete off a bridge and on to passing cars. The Knox County Sheriffs Department s...
Feb 28, 2024 Left to Right: Mason Stone, Grant Oyler, Hayden Herschelman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Pope Francis had CT scan during hospital check-up, sources say
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, made a brief trip to a Roman hospital for medical checks on Wednesday but was able to return to the Vatican, his office sai...
Feb 28, 2024 Pope Francis arrives for the weekly general audience, in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, February 28, 2024. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
