Category Archives: Top Stories
Police: Accident and shooting both at I-74 and Gale not connected
PEORIA, Ill. - An accident on North Gale near Interstate 74 late Friday afternoon is so far not connected to a shooting that happened in almost the same area at around the same time. One vehicle was i...
Jan 26, 2024 An accident blocked traffic for a time late Friday afternoon at Gale and Interstate 74. (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
'Insects' and 'Critters' now on display at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - One might annoy us a lot, and another might be around in part to annoy them. Two new exhibits are getting underway at the Peoria Riverfront Museum this weekend. One is called "Insects" ...
Jan 26, 2024 Part of the new "Insects" exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New CityLink bus ad draws attention to human trafficking
PEORIA, Ill. - The Center for Prevention of Abuse is trying something new to continue to raise awareness about human trafficking and how prevalent it may be in Central Illinois. The agency has partner...
Jan 26, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Defense Secretary Austin to return to Pentagon Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to return to the Pentagon on Monday, nearly a month after being secretly admitted to a hospital for complications from an undiscl...
Jan 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Tensions grow between city, state and federal government over influx of migrants
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Tensions rose again this week between Gov. JB Pritzker's office and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over how to handle the tens of thousands of people who have arrived ...
Jan 26, 2024 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to reporters in Springfield during a visit to the Capitol in April 2023, shortly after winning the Chicago mayoral election. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pekin man sentenced to decades in prison for fatal beating
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin man will spend most of the next 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to beating a man on Halloween of 2022, and who died the next month. Tazewell County Court records indic...
Jan 26, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail)
UPDATE: Donald Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million, will appeal verdict
UPDATED 7:06 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump was handed a stinging defeat on Friday by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll, who said he destroyed...
Jan 26, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as his attorney Alina Habba, delivers closing arguments during E. Jean Carroll’s second civil trial as Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Two arrested for alleged armed robbery that turned fatal
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people have now been arrested in connection with an armed robbery attempt that resulted in the city's second homicide of the year. Peoria Police say while conducting a separate inve...
Jan 26, 2024 Sontarrius Williams (left) and Jaylyn Branscumb (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
World Court says Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ceasefire order
THE HAGUE/GAZA (Reuters) -The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire...
Jan 26, 2024 Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Explainer-What Republicans and Democrats want to do on US-Mexico border security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress are blocking emergency funding for Ukraine as lawmakers try to negotiate a deal to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border. WHY ARE REPUBLI...
Jan 26, 2024 The U.S.-Mexico border is seen near Sasabe, Pima County, Arizona, U.S. September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/ File Photo
