Category Archives: Top Stories

Helping Washington recover, with volunteers and with God
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Ben Davidson took pretty extensive notes about the deadly tornado that hit Washington ten years ago Friday. Davidson is Associate Pastor at Bethany Community Church in Washington - ...
Will Stevenson Nov 17, 2023 A memorial of the Washington tornado. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

US government spending bill extends farm programs, some nutrition aid
(Reuters) - The stopgap funding bill to keep the U.S. government open signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday includes funding through next September for farm programs and food assistance, but only ...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Mayor Manier reflects on 10th anniversary of the Washington tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Like many people in Washington, Mayor Gary Manier was in church on the morning of November 17, 2013. Manier tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show", when he came out of the church building...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Commuter train crash leaves nearly 40 injured in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, leaving nearly 40 people injured, some of them critically. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a "s...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)

Bradley's faculty senate approves 'no confidence' resolution against president, provost
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Frustrated over proposed program and staffing reductions, Bradley University's Faculty Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution expressing "no confidence" in Pre...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

US will not share intel on Hamas and Al Shifa hospital -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not share any Israeli intelligence or elaborate on its own intelligence assessment that Hamas used Gaza's Al Shifa hospital as a command center and possibl...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo

Quinn recollects Washington mayor's leadership in aftermath of EF-4 tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Pat Quinn says he was doing what most people in the state of Illinois do on a fall Sunday afternoon, watching the Chicago Bears. But the game that the former governor from 2009 to 2...
Julia Bradley Nov 17, 2023 Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pat Quinn via Facebook)

Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- As winter quickly approaches, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced plans for the state to spend an additional $160 million to aid and house a sustained influx of mig...
Will Stevenson Nov 16, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker responds to questions during a Nov. 16 news conference announcing $160 million in state aid to Chicago and other municipalities to assist in housing Asylum seekers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)

More than 50 years in prison for man convicted of murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who strangled his girlfriend to death then left her in a burning home will go to prison for the next half-century. A judge Thursday sentenced 29-year-old Tahir Goodman to 5...
Will Stevenson Nov 16, 2023 Tahir Goodman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)

16-year-old to be tried as adult for Manual High School student shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - The teen who allegedly shot a Manual High School student on his way to school last week will be tried as an adult. In fact, the Peoria County State's Attorney's office says Thursday the...
Will Stevenson Nov 16, 2023 Midwest Communications


