Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois State University seeing freshmen enrollment at highest level in decades
NORMAL, Ill. - Freshmen enrollment at Illinois State University in Normal is at its highest level in decades. The university released enrollment numbers for the Fall 2023 semester Thursday. This year'...
Sep 07, 2023 (25 News)
Huckabee to speak at Salvation Army event next week in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Arkansas Governor and former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is coming to Peoria next week. He's slated to be the keynote speaker for the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliar...
Sep 07, 2023 (Mike Huckabee Facebook Page)
Peoria man arrested on drug and traffic charges Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after reportedly conducting several illegal drug transactions. Peoria Police says they observed an adult male conducting a transaction from...
Sep 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
US jobless claims hit lowest level since February; productivity strongest in years
(Reuters) -The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits for the first time fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level since February, pointing to a U.S. job market that remains relatively tig...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Blinken hails Kyiv's pushback against Russia in visit clouded by attack
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey Ukraine has made important progress in its counteroffensive against Russia's invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit overshadowed by a ...
Sep 07, 2023 Emergency services work following an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media. Volodymyr Zelenskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected several conditions sought by five Guantanamo Bay prisoners as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that would see them plead guilty to conspiring i...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, members of a legal defence team walk at a U.S. military war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool/File Photo
Peoria Chiefs clinched a playoff berth with a win at home Wednesday night
UPDATED 9/7 1:35 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Chiefs are going to the Midwest League playoffs. Peoria's Minor League Baseball team clinched a playoff spot Wednesday night by defeating the Beloit Sky...
Sep 06, 2023 (Peoria Chiefs)
UPDATE: Repairs to Pekin Township Building to take place Thursday morning after portion of wall collapses
UPDATED 9:08 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - Repairs are expected to begin Thursday morning after a portion of the building that houses the Pekin Township offices on Elizabeth St. collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Ci...
Sep 06, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Weaver running for re-election in Illinois House 93rd District, Democrat challenger emerges
EDWARDS, Ill. - Candidates are starting to declare their candidacy to battle for a seat in Springfield in the 93rd District of the Illinois House. The district encompasses Pekin and portions of Tazewe...
Sep 06, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
A dozen animals rescued from burning home in South Peoria. Here's what happened
PEORIA, Ill. - No one was hurt, but a Peoria home had an estimated $50,000 in damage done by a fire Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the home on Kneer, near Grinnell Street, ...
Sep 06, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
