Category Archives: Top Stories
OSF Healthcare doctor gives advice on what do as respiratory viruses start to increase
PEORIA, Ill. - The risk of respiratory viruses is on the rise now that cold weather is starting to blanket central Illinois. OSF Healthcare Doctor Brian Curtis tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" they're curr...
Dec 05, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
US aims to show Trump's history of vote fraud claims at 2020 election trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors trying Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat will seek to show evidence of the former president's claims about voter fraud in 2...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. Michael M Santiago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Senator Tuberville lifts blockade on some US military promotions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, who has blocked hundreds of military promotions for months to protest the Pentagon's payment of abortion-related travel costs, said on ...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) speaks with reporters on the way to the Senate floor for a procedural vote regarding top military appointees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Some contested races in Peoria, Tazewell Counties as candidate filing deadline for primary ends
PEORIA, Ill. - Some races for local seats in the Illinois General Assembly will be contested in next March's primary, while some won't, now that the candidate filing deadline for the primary has come ...
Dec 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
US House speaker wants more info on Ukraine, border measures before approving aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives reiterated his request for more information about Ukraine strategy and Republican demands for changes in immigration p...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Three injured after crash Tuesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were treated at a local hospital after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Peoria. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says the three-vehicle accident occurred in the area of ...
Dec 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Lapse of US global warrantless surveillance power would be damaging -FBI chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI Director Christopher Wray pressed a Senate committee on Tuesday to renew the authority of the U.S. government to conduct warrantless surveillance outside the United States, a...
Dec 05, 2023 FBI Director Christopher Wray attends a House Homeland Security Committee hearing examining worldwide threats to the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US job openings in October lowest since 2021, well below forecasts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings dropped in October to the lowest level since early 2021, indicating that the labor market was easing as higher interest rates cool demand in the economy. Job o...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Biden December fundraising blitz to star James Taylor, Spielberg
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden will kick off a December fundraising blitz on Tuesday that will show off the Democratic Party's star power and is expected to raise millions of dollars, according to in...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a reception at the White House ahead of the 46th Kennedy Center Honors gala, in Washington, U.S. December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Woman arrested for West Peoria drive-by shooting
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says a Peoria woman is jailed on suspicion of committing a drive-by shooting in West Peoria. Watkins says 31-year-old Tyrea Neely was arrested o...
Dec 05, 2023 Tyrea Neely (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
