Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: AT&T restores service after hours of outage
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. (Reuters) - AT&T said it had restored wireless service for all affected customers, several hours after a cellular phone outage on Thursday disrupted calls and text messages for t...
Feb 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Here's what local lawmakers had to say about Governor JB Pritzker's State of the State and budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A number of local lawmakers issued statements either on social media or to reporters following Governor JB Pritzker's budget address Wednesday. Here's a sampling of what lawmakers ...
Feb 21, 2024 Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/pool)
Teenager arrested in connection to shooting incident on I-74 overpass
PEORIA, Ill. - A second arrest has been made after a shooting incident near an interstate overpass in January that struck a Peoria Police vehicle. Peoria Police say a 17-year-old male was identified a...
Feb 21, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Preparations underway for annual Peoria Spring Home Show this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Inspiration and ideas for home projects to tackle can be found at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. The center's exhibit halls will host the annual Peoria Spring Home Show, hosted b...
Feb 21, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: From eliminating grocery tax to migrant crisis criticism, Pritzker gives State of the State/budget address. Find the proposals here
UPDATED 5:55 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Wednesday used part of his annual State of the State and budget address to criticize Republicans for their handling of the immigrati...
Feb 21, 2024 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gives his annual State of the State speech Feb. 21, 2024, to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. (Screen capture of illinois.gov web stream)
Rivian cuts jobs, sees annual production below estimates
(Reuters) -Rivian said on Wednesday it would cut its workforce by 10% and forecast EV production this year that widely missed estimates, hurt by downtime for factory upgrades and slowing demand for el...
Feb 21, 2024 A partially dismantled Rivian R1T electric truck is seen during its teardown at the Munro & Associates headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
UAW commits $40 million to organizing US auto, EV battery workers
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Wednesday it was committing $40 million to organizing non-union automobile and EV battery workers in the United States over the next two years. The UAW...
Feb 21, 2024 An American flag flies in front of the United Auto Workers union logo on the front of the UAW Solidarity House in Detroit, Michigan, September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden brother appears in impeachment probe, Democrat cites 'disinformation'
UPDATED: 9:58 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's brother James Biden arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify behind closed doors in a Republican-led impeachment inquiry, as...
Feb 21, 2024 The House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds an impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden, focused on his son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File photo
Seven displaced by East Bluff fire overnight. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Seven people escaped a fire in Peoria's East Bluff early Wednesday morning. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived just before 2 a.m., finding a home on N. Central ...
Feb 21, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria Park District seeking input on statue replacement
PEORIA, Ill. - Roughly four years ago, the Christopher Columbus statue in Peoria's Upper Bradley Park was removed over controversy about his role in the deaths of Native Americans. The Peoria Park Dis...
Feb 21, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
