United to Shutter Flights in Bloomington
Friday, July 4, 2008 @10:06am CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV
It's yet another sign of the struggling airline industry. United has announced it will stop operating United Express flights between Bloomington and Chicago in November.
United announced that it would reduce its domestic flights last month.
United Express operates three daily flights between Bloomington and Chicago using 50-seat regional jets.
The airlines have been suffering through record fuel prices and a fewer passengers.
At this point, United has not canceled flights between Peoria Regional Airport and Chicago.
Friday, July 4, 2008 @7:29am CST
PRICE IS RIGHT GUY

Interview with Bradley student Adam Kimble about his appearance and win on The Price Is Right.
Friday, July 4, 2008 @6:39am CST
POLITICAL ANALYSIS


Dr. Griffin Hathaway
Associate Professor, Social Sciences

Illinois Central College
1 College Drive, East Peoria

309 694-8980
griffin.hathaway@icc.edu

Friday, July 4, 2008 @5:55am CST
TOP TEN

Things overheard at the new Indiana Jones movie.
Friday, July 4, 2008 @5:40am CST
SUNSCREEN


Weather Discussion
Friday, July 4, 2008 @4:00am CST
Weather synopsis from Meteorologist Marcus Bailey - Happy Independence Day!  It sure won't feel like an early July afternoon at all as a cooler area of high pressure settles in from our north and west.  Temperatures will be well below average, and humidity will be low making for an excellent day for grilling out and for fireworks later tonight.  The rest of the holiday weekend is just more of the same.  Lots of sunshine and pleasant temperatures.  Storms should start to roll in as we start the next work week out Monday, and a big time warm up is on the way as well next week!

HyVee Coming To The River City
Friday, July 4, 2008 @3:15am CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ - PEORIA -- A new grocery store will help fill the vacancies at Peoria’s Sheridan Village shopping mall.
Chiefs Win Franchise Record 10th Straight
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @11:20pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
The Peoria Chiefs beat Wisconsin 5-4 at Time Warner Cable Field Thursday night for their franchise record tenth consecutive victory.
Getting the Most out of Gas
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @10:48pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ TV - ILLINOIS -- llinois officials are taking action for holiday travelers.
Sold! - Rivermen Now Blues' Property
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @9:39pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
The Peoria Rivermen are no longer locally owned.
Thunder Signs Two Ex-NHL Players
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @9:35pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Goalie Scott Fankhouser and defenseman Jeff MacMillan, who both logged time in the National Hockey League, signed contracts to play for the Bloomington PrairieThunder of the International Hockey League Thursday.
Pogioli's Olympic Quest Ends in Omaha
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @9:25pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Giordan Pogioli's bid to make Team USA ended when he finished eighth in the finals of the 200 meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials at the Qwest Center.
Security Situation at State Farm Under Control
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @4:57pm CST
Reported by: Bret Lemoine - WMBD/WYZZ TV
Updated - 5:45pm:  It's a case of mistaken identity according to Bloomington police.  This, after a lock down at the State Farm complex Thursday afternoon.  Around 4:00 pm, police received a report of a man entering State Farm with a gun.  

Duane Moss with Bloomington Police tells WMBD 31 News that they reviewed surveillance video and found that a State Farm custodian was carrying a black object, that could have resembled a gun, and that's what the eyewitness saw.
River Station Party a 'Go' or 'No Go'
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @4:31pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV - Sarah Barwacz

WMBD/WYZZ TV – PEORIA -- It's the million dollar, rather $40 question in Peoria. Is the River Station holding a Fourth of July party or not? This restaurant has been re-open about a year. It's had a fire, a flood, and now managers owe the city $40,000 in taxes, and loans.

Update: Sheley Waives Public Defender
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @3:00pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ TV - KNOX CO. -- A man accused of a killing spree in the Midwest has waived his right to a public defender in a Knox County Courtroom. Illinois State Police arrested Nicholas Sheley outside a bar in Granite City, Illinois around 6:45 Tuesday night.


Operation Falcon Snags Dozens of Fugitives
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @11:32am CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff

WMBD/WYZZ – BLOOMINGTON – More than two dozen fugitives are now in custody after a week long sting called Operation Falcon.

DOC Misses Deadline
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @10:51am CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff

WMBD/WYZZ – SPRINGFIELD - Still no word if the department of corrections will get an extention for their recommendations on closing the Pontiac Corrections Center. 

David DSteinbeck - $50 Giftcard from CEFCU

Alex Cooper $200 Shermans Giftcard

Amy Punke – NOAA Weather Radio

Blake Hegstrom $50 McDonalds Shell Gas Card

Marilyn Walter and Gina Dunbar both won 4 Tickets to Six Flags.
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @6:26am CST
PEORIA ZOO

10:00am-4:30pm

2218 N. Prospect Road
Peoria

309 686-3365
info@peoriazoo.com
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @6:23am CST
PET OF THE WEEK







Kitty Yanko

Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter
2600 NE Perry Avenue, Peoria

309 494-8911
mail@peoriahs.com

ADOPTION INFORMATION
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @5:55am CST
TOP TEN

Revelations in Scott McClellan's book.
Thursday, July 3, 2008 @5:40am CST
USES FOR COMPOST


Chiefs Rattle Wisconsin for 9th Straight
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @11:11pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Marquez Smith belted a 3-run and the Chiefs tied a franchise record with their ninth straight win, an 8-4 victory over Wisconsin at Time Warner Field Wednesday.
IL Family Relief Fund
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @10:54pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ TV - ILLINOIS -- Illinois' Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn wants to make the Land of Lincoln a model for the rest of the country.
The Illinois National Guard – Part 2
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @9:10pm CST
Reported by: Bret Lemoine - WMBD/WYZZ TV



WMBD/WYZZ TV – ARKANSAS – Tonight, we continue our look into the Illinois National Guard. We met with soldiers half-way through their training in Arkansas. Nearly 27-hundred soldiers from our state train there for one month. WMBD’s Bret Lemoine got an exclusive look at the training men and women receive before being sent overseas.
Becoming an American
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @5:35pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV - Sarah Barwacz

WMBD/WYZZ TV – PEORIA -- Being an American takes on a whole new meaning for some today. Just in time for the 4^th of July, about 40 people were sworn in as American citizens at Peoria's federal court house.
River Station to Close
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @4:49pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ - PEORIA - A Peoria restaurant staple is closing it's door forever.  The restaurant will still hold its July 4th party Friday, however, alcohol will not be served.
Eigsti's Produce "Field of Dreams"
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @3:54pm CST
Reported by: Robert Hahn - WMBD.WYZZ-TV
The Eigstis have always had a "home field" advantage when it comes to playing baseball.
"I Didn't Give Up, Because I Didn't Do It"; Alan Beaman to WMBD in an Exclusive Television Interview
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @3:31pm CST
For the last 13 years, Alan Beaman was locked up behind bars at the Dixon Correctional Center for the 1993 murder of his former girlfriend and I.S.U. student Jennifer Lockmiller. In May, the state Supreme Court ruled that Beaman should be retried for that murder. Wednesday afternoon, Beaman sat down with WMBD Twin-cities bureau chief Christy Stelzer to talk about life behind bars and his look ahead to a new trial.
Bradley Baseball Player Wins Big at the Price Is Right
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @11:54am CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV
Bradley University baseball player, senior Adam Kimble heard those famous words when he was picked for the Price is Right.
Kimble was in California for the June 23rd taping, but the show aired Wednesday morning at 10am right here on WMBD.
Elder Abuse
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @9:58am CST
Reported by: Staff WMBD/WYZZ TV

WMBD/WYZZ TV - ILLINOIS -- More than 80,000 older adults in Illinois are elder abuse victims. That information comes from the Illinois Department on Aging.

Eureka's 4th of July

Eureka is having a fabulous 4th of July Blast for the entire family!   

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @6:53am CST
BOB AND KATIE BARTH


Bob and Katie appear most Wednesdays. Pottstown Meat & Deli is your old-fashioned butcher shop since 1906.

Metro Centre
Peoria

4217 W. Southport Road, Peoria

309 673-0680
info@pottstownmeat.com

LATEST RECIPE
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @6:26am CST
LIFE ADVICE


Dr. Lori Russell-Chapin
Dr. Ted Chapin

Chapin-Russell Associates
3020 W. Willow Knolls Drive, Peoria

309 681-5850
lar@bradley.edu
tedc@rms4solutions.com

Life Assessment Survey
Dr. Lori's Book
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @5:40am CST
HOUSEPLANT REPOTTING


Library Location Chosen
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @11:02pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV News Staff
WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEORIA -- A new north branch of Peoria's Public Library finally has a home.
Chiefs Win Eighth Straight
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @10:54pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
The Peoria Chiefs used a four-run fourth inning to cruise to a 5-1 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Tuesday night for their first eight-game winning streak in five seasons.
State Swim Champ Looks for Olympic Bid
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @9:39pm CST
Reported by: Kurt Pegler - WMBD/WYZZ-TV
He could earn a gold medal before he can even drive.
Clippers Decline Livingston
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @9:27pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Former Peoria Central All-American Shaun Livingston appears headed out of Los Angeles.
Booras To Roar for Thunder Again
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @9:20pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Jarrod Skalde didn't have to go too far for his first signing as head coach of the Prairie Thunder.
The Illinois National Guard – Part 1
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @8:39pm CST
Reported by: Bret Lemoine - WMBD/WYZZ TV



WMBD/WYZZ TV – ARKANSAS – WMBD 31 News has an exclusive look into how the Illinois National Guard is preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. We were invited to fly down to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas to find out what the National Guard does for the homeland, and abroad. Our own Bret Lemoine was there for the trip.
GI Bill
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @6:09pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV - Sarah Barwacz

WMBD/WYZZ TV – PEORIA -- For the first time since the Revolutionary War, half of active duty service members are guardsman, or reservists. A new GI Bill will now pay for their college education.

Where Are All The Fun Fireworks?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @4:54pm CST
Reported by: Iris Pérez - WMBD/WYZZ

 

WMBD/WYZZ-TV—CREVE COUER--Anyone looking for fireworks that explode or shoot up off the ground may have trouble finding them in the Peoria area.  Many loud and explosive fireworks are illegal in Illinois, and area vendors say the firework crackdown means less money in their pockets.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @6:53am CST
HOT DOG EATING CONTEST

Vertucci's Big Dog Challenge
Friday, July 4
8:00pm-9:00pm
Riverfront Park, East Peoria
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @6:26am CST
PEORIA PARK DISTRICT






2218 N. Prospect
Peoria

309 682-1200
ppd@peoriaparks.org

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @5:55am CST
TOP TEN

Questions on Barack Obama's running mate application.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @5:40am CST
KEUKENHOF SUMMER


Chiefs Win Seventh in Eleventh
Monday, June 30, 2008 @11:04pm CST
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ-TV STAFF
Jovan Rosa belted a grand slam in the eleventh inning to lead the Chiefs to an 11-7 win over Kane County before 5,135 fans at O'Brien Field Monday night.