Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump hits back at Biden, attacks Haley in first 2024 trip to Iowa
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump used his first visit to Iowa this year to attack Republican competitor Nikki Haley and to hit back against Democratic President Joe Biden, who denounced him...
Jan 06, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns, in Sioux Center, Iowa, U.S. January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Peoria man sentenced for possessing weapon as a felon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend nearly five years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Jamarcus Hollingsworth, 30, received a sentence of 57 months in prison on Friday, followed by th...
Jan 06, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid record overdoses and drug counselor shortage, workforce expansion program aims to fill gap
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Amid five straight years of record overdose deaths in Illinois, a new state program aims to alleviate a shortage of professionals who work to prevent substa...
Jan 05, 2024 Chicago’s Federal Plaza is pictured during the End Overdose Now rally in downtown on August 28, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
US Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal of Colorado ballot disqualification
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Donald Trump's appeal of a judicial decision barring the former president from the state's Republican primary ballot, taking up a ...
Jan 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Reno, Nevada, U.S. December 17, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Community leaders in Peoria to be presented research on school violence and how to prevent it
PEORIA, Ill. - Research and insight into why school shootings and violence occur will be presented to leaders in Peoria next week. City leaders, local law enforcement, and Peoria Public Schools offici...
Jan 05, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Spain wants Madigan portrait banned from State Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A local lawmaker is still trying to get legislation passed that would recommend banning former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's portrait from the Illinois Capitol, if Madig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Illinois General Assembly)
UPDATE: Man charged with murder for Peoria's first homicide of the year
UPDATED 3:38 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is being charged with murder in connection with the city's first homicide of the year Thursday. Charges filed in Peoria County Circuit Court indicate Davi...
Jan 05, 2024 David Stone (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley alum to become newest 10th Circuit Judge
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There will soon be a new judge in the circuit covering Peoria, Tazewell, and some other local counties. The Illinois Supreme Court says Caroline Border Campion has been appointed t...
Jan 05, 2024 Caroline Borden Campion (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Southern Illinois University School of Law 2020 photo)
UPDATE: LaPierre to step down as National Rifle Association leader
UPDATED 2:39 P.M. (Reuters) -Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending a long career during which the NRA became one of the most powerful lobbies in Washing...
Jan 05, 2024 NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Hearing delayed for Pekin man accused in death of his daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin man accused in the death of his infant daughter was back in court on Thursday. Hunter Waters, 20, had a review hearing scheduled, but was only in court briefly as the hearing w...
Jan 05, 2024 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
