Author Archives: Mike Sabol
A car is totaled due to garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded 2:30 a.m. Saturday to a garage fire at 1319 W. Main St. Fire crews found a detached two stall garage fully engulfed. "The fire did spread to a vehicle par...
Mike Sabol Jun 27, 2020 Midwest Communications
Police: Illinois warehouse shooting suspect killed himself
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 48-year-old man suspected in the fatal shooting of two co-workers and the critical wounding of another at a Springfield, Illinois, warehouse died of an apparent self-inflict...
Mike Sabol Jun 26, 2020 PHOTO CREDIT-Justin L. Fowler-The State Journal-Register via AP
Historic pizza chain files for Chapter 11
(AP) - Chuck E. Cheese is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus pandem...
Mike Sabol Jun 25, 2020
Peoria "Bomb Squad" members sentenced
Peoria "Bomb Squad" members sentenced PEORIA, Ill. -- 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as the "Bomb Squad" were sentenced in Federal Court. After two weeks, the sentencing hearings wrapped u...
Mike Sabol Jun 25, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
MLB offers players prorated salaries for 72-game season
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball and its players are moving closer to a deal, or to Commissioner Rob Manfred ordering a shortened season without an agreement. MLB offered players 80% of their pro...
Mike Sabol Jun 12, 2020 MWC-AP-Photo Credit
US Marshals arrest fugitive linked to a Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been arrested in Texas and sent back to Peoria after being linked to a March Peoria shooting. The shooting occurred on March 26, when officers responded to a ShotSpotter Alert...
Mike Sabol Jun 10, 2020 MWC
Governor remains hopeful kids can return to school in the fall
SPRINGFIELD - Governor J.B. Pritzker says he remains hopeful that students can return to school in the fall. The governor says they are also preparing schools for the possibility of more distance lear...
Mike Sabol Jun 09, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peaceful protest organized from the Bradley campus
PEORIA, Ill. - A peaceful protest is scheduled to place from the Bradley University campus Tuesday evening. The protest is to show support of the black community and a call to action that stands again...
Mike Sabol Jun 08, 2020 MWC
Minneapolis-St. Paul curfew over as troopers, National Guard to be sent home
MINNEAPOLIS - Residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul were no longer under a curfew Friday night and the state is planning to start sending state troopers and National Guard members back home. Minneapol...
Mike Sabol Jun 05, 2020 (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Federal complaint charges against Peoria man to Incite Rioting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested and charged Wednesday by a federal criminal complaint with using the internet to incite rioting in Peoria. Peoria police arrested 26-year-old Ca'Quintez Gibson...
Mike Sabol Jun 04, 2020