Category Archives: Top Stories
WVEL Holiday/Consumer Watch: Easter- Inside The Numbers
(Photo By Flickr User Colin) Easter is much more than an occasion to break out your Sunday best or hop into a bunny costume. It is a day of great religious significance for the roughly 71% of Ame...
Apr 13, 2017
WVEL Community/Travel Scene:Informative Events On World War I At The Lincoln Library And Museum
(Photo By Flickr User Howard L) According to wgem.com and The Associated Press, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is hosting two free events in the month of April about World War I.The firs...
Mar 30, 2017
WVEL Community/Health Scope: Hustle And Flow
(Photo By Flickr User Rosmarie Voegtli) “Transmitting live & direct form the River City, it’s The Devereaux Hubbard II Foundation Presents, Hustle & Flow!”If you w...
Mar 29, 2017
WVEL Entertainment Scope: Actress/Produce Eva Longoria Will Give Graduation Commencement At Knox College
(Photo By Flickr User BKL) Award-winning actress Eva Longoria will deliver Knox College’s 2017 commencement address.Longoria is best known for playing Gabrielle Solis in “Desper...
Mar 28, 2017
WVEL Entertainment Scope: 32nd Annual Stellar Award Winners
(Photo By Flickr User Nan Palmero) “Ladies & Gentlemen, from Las Vegas, NV, welcome to the nation’s epic night in gospel music, it’s the 32nd Annual Stellar Awards!”Ta...
Mar 27, 2017
WVEL News Scope: IRS Tax Return Scam
(Photo By Flickr User Investment Zen) According to wics.com, the IRS is warning people about a recent scam targeting people’s tax returns.Scammers are calling victims telling them they owe ...
Mar 24, 2017
2017 Central Illinois Auto Show
(Photo By Flickr User George Panos) “All I Wanna Do Is Zoom, Zoom, Zoom & A-Vroom Vroom, It’s The 2017 Central Illinois Auto Show!!”The Peoria Metro New Car Dealers Associat...
Mar 23, 2017
WVEL Entertainment/News Scope: A Chicago Museum And Planetarium Will Host Event Based On “Hidden Figures”
(Photo By Flickr User NASA Kennedy) A Chicago museum and planetarium are teaming up to host three days of events inspired by the stories portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie “Hidden Figur...
Mar 22, 2017
WVEL Consumer/News Scope: One Ring Phone Scams
(Photo By Flickr User Alan Levine) If a number you don’t recognize calls, lets the phone ring once and hangs up, you have reason to be skeptical.According to week.com, the Tazewell County S...
Mar 22, 2017
WVEL/IHSA Insider: 2017 Class 3A/4A Boys Basketball State Finals/IHSA Kings Of The Court Rewind
(Photo By Flickr User Ziad El-Zaatari) Who was crowned "IHSA Kings Of The Court 2017?" The Road To The River City, The Final Chapter, concluded on last weekend in Peoria. IL for Class 3A & 4A...
Mar 21, 2017
