Category Archives: Top Stories
Fire displaces two residents Thursday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a house fire just after 7 p.m. Thursday on NE Adams Street, near Haywood Street. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander says crews arrived and found smo...
Oct 13, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza
UPDATED 1:15 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations...
Oct 13, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Ford says it is 'at the limit' with UAW contract offer
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Ford executive said Thursday the automaker is "at the limit" of what it can spend on higher wages and benefits for the United Auto Workers, and warned the union...
Oct 13, 2023 United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett
UPDATE: US House Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for speaker, testing hardline appeal
UPDATED 3:54 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday nominated hardline conservative Jim Jordan to lead the chamber, a move that will test whether the lon...
Oct 13, 2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives after party infighting led nominee Steve Scalise to withdraw from the race for speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Third GOP candidate emerges for local seat in Illinois Senate in next year's election
PONTIAC, Ill. - There are now three Republicans looking to be one of the State Senators representing the area in the Illinois Senate. Jesse Faber of Pontiac is running in next March's primary for the ...
Oct 12, 2023 Jesse Faber (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Faber for State Senate)
US says Iran cannot access its $6 billion in Qatar any time soon
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday that Iran would not gain access any time soon to $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank last month as part of a prisoner e...
Oct 12, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
US will offer charter flights to help Americans leave Israel starting Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department will begin offering charter flights to Europe to help Americans leave Israel if they want starting Friday, the White House said, after extensive talks w...
Oct 12, 2023 People walk next to a sign directing for Shelter after landing in Israel at the arrivals section of Ben Gurion International airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2023 REUTERS/Marius Bosch
$80 million expansion of Maui Jim planned for Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The presence of Maui Jim in Peoria is expanding. The Peoria City Council this week approved an agreement with Maui Jim parent Kering Eyewear that will result in a new $80 million facili...
Oct 12, 2023 (Artist rendering from City of Peoria provided in City Council documents)
Two arrested on weapons charges after traffic stop Wednesday at Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic stop Wednesday afternoon at Bradley University led to the arrest of two men on weapons charges. Peoria Police says the stop was made in the area of Bradley and Institute just ...
Oct 12, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sculpture at Peoria International Airport re-dedicated. See it here
PEORIA, Ill. - An item that has been a part of the Peoria International Airport for decades on the move...in more ways than one. A metal sculpture by artist George Rickey has been moved to the main te...
Oct 12, 2023 The metal sculpture here, crafted by artist George Rickey has been moved from the baggage area of the Peoria International Airport, to outside near the main terminal entrance. It was re-dedicated Thursday. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
