Category Archives: Top Stories
Students across Illinois spend Thursday morning with Peoria Rivermen for Education Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Carver Arena became a classroom for kindergarten through high school students across Illinois on Thursday morning. The Peoria Rivermen hosted its 4th Education Day game in a battle agai...
Dec 14, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Congress passes $886 billion defense policy bill, Biden to sign into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than two-thirds of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a defense policy bill on Thursday that includes a record $886 billion in annual military spending and ...
Dec 14, 2023 The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Trump loses challenge to gag order in New York civil fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump's bid to overturn a gag order restricting the former U.S. president from publicly talking about court staff in his N...
Dec 14, 2023 United States President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally, ahead of midterm elections, at Pensacola International Airport in Florida, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Navin Jones' mother pleads the fifth instead of testifying against boyfriend in murder trial
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of eight-year-old Navin Jones was supposed to testify in the trial of her boyfriend, but she won't. Stephanie Jones, 37, - who pleaded guilty to murder last week as part of a...
Dec 14, 2023 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pair arrested for stealing vehicle at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly stealing a car from the Peoria International Airport. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says 18-year-old Jamar Deese and a 16-year-old...
Dec 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Israeli strikes the length of Gaza as U.S. calls for more accurate targeting
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel pounded the length of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing families in their homes even as Washington dispatched an envoy to encourage its ally to be more precise in its ...
Dec 14, 2023 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Fire causes $25k damage to Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire Wednesday night in Peoria is under investigation. Crews were called just after 8 p.m. to a home on W. Marquette Street, near S. Stanley, finding smoke and flames com...
Dec 14, 2023 Midwest Communications
Larry Doby, pioneering Black baseball star, given Congressional Gold Medal
(Reuters) - Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball's color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the following year, was honored on We...
Dec 13, 2023 A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony posthumously honoring Major League Baseball player, civil rights activist and World War II veteran, Lawrence Eugene “Larry” Doby, takes place in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even t...
Dec 13, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Dow ends at record high as Fed signals lower borrowing costs in 2024
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow Jones industrial average hit its first record closing high since January 2022 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied more than 1% each on Wednesday after the Federal Reserv...
Dec 13, 2023 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
