Category Archives: Top Stories
Civic Center: FY '22 was a big year financially
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center made budget, revenue per event has increased, and the return on investment is as big as it's ever been. That's the short version of a report Peoria Civic Center ...
Will Stevenson Sep 28, 2022 (From a Peoria Civic Center presentation to the Peoria City Council)
Feds fine Regions Bank for illegal overdraft fees
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A bank chain with a number of central Illinois locations has agreed to pay a huge fine after implementing what the feds called "surprise overdraft fees." The Consumer Financial Prot...
Will Stevenson Sep 28, 2022 (Regions Bank)
Changes to gun laws discussed as SAFE-T Act questions continue, new legislation introduced
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois House committee meets to talk about other ways to prevent gun crimes, as controversy continues over the provisions of the "SAFE-T Act," elimintaing cash bail. The House...
Will Stevenson Sep 28, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin native sticks with Florida during Hurricane Ian
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A woman who still owns a home in Pekin but is currently in Florida, is experiencing her first hurricane as Ian barrels through. Angie Bennett spends most of her time in Clearwater,...
Will Stevenson Sep 28, 2022 (Courtesy Brandon Callaway)
5 arrested for robbery, mob action in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 9 a.m. Tuesday to the area of N. Columbus and E. Northcrest Avenues regarding an aggravated battery and robbery incident. Peoria Public Informatio...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois' early voting gets underway Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Early voting for the November Election is about to get underway in Illinois, at least in most areas of the state. Chicago and Cook County voters will have to wait until next month...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
U.S. Senate headed to Thursday passage of stopgap gov't funding bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could pass a temporary government funding bill as soon as Thursday, which would avert partial government shutdowns that otherwise would begin on Saturday, Senate ...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria natives waiting out hurricane impacts in Florida
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Roughly 2.5 million people in Florida are under some kind of evacuation plan awaiting Hurricane Ian's arrival. Cindy Ardis-Jenkins, a Peoria Native now living in Cape Coral, Florid...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2022
Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -Congressional report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to g...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Council approves new Grandview Avenue AirBnB over stiff opposition
PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite loud opposition from local residents this week, Peoria city council members have approved special permitting for a new Air-BnB style short term rental property in Peoria's upsc...
Cooper Banks Sep 28, 2022 Jeremy Scott/WMBD