Category Archives: Top Stories
Amid US debt-ceiling standoff, Senate Democrats to dissect Republican plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican plan to cut federal spending in exchange for lifting the federal government's debt ceiling will come under the microscope Thursday in the U.S. Senate, where Preside...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
FDA approves first RSV vaccine from GSK
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved GSK Plc's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, the British drugmaker said on Wednesday, making it the first shot to be cleared for p...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) logo is seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Wheels O' Time Museum opens for 40th season
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Wheels O' Time Museum in Dunlap is celebrating 40 years in operation. The museum that was originally made to display a collection of interesting vehicles belonging to two couples, ...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 (Wheels O' Time Facebook)
One person injured, four dogs die in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria fire investigator said a residential fire near the corner of N. Atlantic and N.E. Glen Oak Wednesday night in was electrical, causing $60,000 damage. Firefighters arrived just...
Julia Bradley May 04, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legislature passes anti-book ban bill; Peoria library director supports
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State and even Peoria officials are praising the Illinois Legislature's passage of a bill banning book bans in Illinois libraries. More or less, the bill, House Bill 2789, would ba...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2023 (Peoria Public Library via Facebook)
Teen sentenced to prison for 2020 fatal shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has pleaded guilty to his role in a shooting death almost three years ago. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Ladarrius Mason, now 19, pleaded guilty Wednesd...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Man indicted for pizza store robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of holding up a pizza restaurant last month has been charged by a Peoria County grand jury. The grand jury this week charged Keith Clark, 29, with a count of Aggravated ...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Local GOP lawmakers react to 'ComEd Four' guilty verdicts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "A sad day for Illinois." That's how State Representative Ryan Spain reacted to Tuesday's guilty verdict of four former lobbyists and Commonwealth Edison employees, for being a par...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2023 (Illinois General Assembly)
U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes air-launched rockets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said Wednesday it would send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, including for the first time the Hydra-70 short-range. air-launched roc...
TJ Carson May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
US Senate Democrats launch renewed effort to counter China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats launched a renewed effort to stave off competition from China on Wednesday, planning legislation to boost the country's ability to face up to the Asian pow...
TJ Carson May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens to fellow Democrats speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque