Category Archives: National

***UPDATE*** 4/1/21 7:15 A.M. Bradley University basketball player Elijah Childs faces a sex crime charge stemming from an alleged February incident during the Braves' trip to Springfield, MO for a se...

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd before his deadly arrest last May testified at Derek Chauvin's murder trial in Minneapolis on Wednesday that...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Representative Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., Tuesday night joined members of Equality Illinois and Peoria Proud via Zoom for the Peoria LGBTQ Town Hall to discuss the Equality Act, as well as ...

PEORIA, Ill. -- United States Representative Darin LaHood (IL-18) was in Peoria Tuesday to tour the Meals on Wheels facility that provides meals to people that are unable to prepare their own meal. Ne...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Two people are dead and eight more injured following a shooting Friday night in Virginia Beach. According to the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD), the incident occurred j...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American children's book author Beverly Cleary, who responded to a young reader's plea for realistic characters by bringing rare insight and humor to the lives of Ramona Quimby...

(Reuters) - Several powerful tornadoes tore through northern Alabama on Thursday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens of others and destroying entire neighborhoods. The five confirmed fatali...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) Wednesday announced nearly $867,000 has been released for the renovation of the courtyard and upgrades for ADA compliance at Illinois ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The second deadly U.S. mass shooting in a week is putting new pressure on President Joe Biden to deliver on the gun control promises he made as a candidate. A gunman on Monday ki...

PEKIN, Ill. -- A new, first-of-its-kind electric bus was unveiled Tuesday in Pekin. The bus uses Nuuve's vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, the first in North America. The bus was delivered by BlueBird...