Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
Trump Says He's Mulling Executive Order For Census
(AP) - President Donald Trump says he is considering an executive order to try to force inclusion of a citizenship question as part of the 2020 Census. Trump is telling reporters Friday as he departs ...
Jul 05, 2019 Midwest Communications
Peoria Man Resisted Arrest By Illinois State Police
A traffic stop on I-74 resulted in a Peoria man being tasered and arrested on multiple charges. State Police say Damien Grant, 31, was pulled over near milepost 104 near Morton around 5:15 p.m. Thursd...
Jul 05, 2019 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Death Penalty Consideration In Chinese Scholar Killing Begins Monday
(AP) - A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be pu...
Jul 05, 2019
Judge Rules Lawmaker Pay Freezes Unconstitutional
(AP) - The attorney for an ex-lawmaker who won a dispute this week over General Assembly pay says the lawsuit was to "vindicate the independence of each legislator." Michael Scotti III represents form...
Jul 05, 2019
Police Encourage Citizens And Businesses To Register Cameras
The public can help out the Peoria Police Department by registering security cameras. With the City of Peoria Electronic Camera Registry, citizens and businesses can register their cameras online, so ...
Jul 03, 2019
Pence Abruptly Canceled Trip To New Hampshire
(AP) - Vice President Mike Pence has abruptly canceled a planned trip to New Hampshire, but the White House and his office refuse to say why. White House spokesman Judd Deere said only that, "Somethin...
Jul 02, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference following a tour on the USNS Comfort, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Miami. The hospital ship is scheduled to embark on a five-month medical assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean, including several countries struggling to absorb migrants from crisis-wracked Venezuela. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Trump Ends Eventful Trip To Asia
(AP) - President Donald Trump is on his way back to Washington after a four-day trip to Asia during which he became the first American president to set foot in North Korea. Trump attended the Group of...
Jun 30, 2019 President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump Tweets That Census Should Be Delayed
(AP) - President Donald Trump is suggesting the census be delayed indefinitely as he blasts a Supreme Court decision putting a hold on his administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the ...
Jun 27, 2019 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
ISP Reports False GoFundMe Accounts For Fallen Deputy
ISP Reports False GoFundMe Accounts For Fallen Deputy Illinois State Police announced Thursday that false/fraudulent GoFundMe accounts have been created for fallen Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum. Ch...
Jun 27, 2019
Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen Remains Transferred To Peoria
Rev. Daniel Jenky, Bishop of Peoria, announced Thursday the remains of Venerable Archbiship Fulton Sheen are home. After a three-year legal battle, the remains of Venerable Archbishop Sheen have trans...
Jun 27, 2019
