Category Archives: Top Stories
Tiskilwa man arrested for allegedly attempting to meet minor in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - A Tiskilwa man has been arrested in Woodford County for allegedly attempting to meet up with a minor. Woodford County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword says 54-year...
Dec 29, 2025
Teenager sentenced for weapons charge in connection to January incident in North Valley
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager will spend the next few years in prison after pleading guilty to a weapons charge in connection to a January incident in Peoria's North Valley. 18-year-old Kentrell Joiner wa...
Dec 29, 2025 courtroom gavel
Washington pipe bomb suspect has confessed, prosecutors say
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack confessed to the FBI and told investigators he thought the...
Dec 29, 2025 A suspect in the planting of explosive devices near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters in Washington is seen walking past the Capitol Hill Club, also known as the National Republican Club of Capitol Hill, in Washington in this still frame taken from video released on March 9, 2021. FBI/Handout via REUTERS
FBI investigating Minnesota fraud scheme, director says
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The FBI has "surged" investigative resources and personnel to Minnesota, bureau Director Kash Patel said on Sunday, in the latest instance of the Trump administration's ...
Dec 29, 2025 Kash Patel speaks after being sworn in as FBI director by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US pledges $2 billion in humanitarian support to UN, State Department says
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday pledged $2 billion in life-saving assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries ne...
Dec 29, 2025 A Palestinian girl gestures as she waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Morton shop to close permanently this week after eight decades of business
MORTON, Ill. - The final days for a Morton paint business are this week. A celebratory open house will take place Tuesday from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. at Miller Paint Shop. Owner Mike Zobrist annou...
Dec 29, 2025 (Miller Paint Shop Facebook)
Trump and Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza plan in Florida
JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 28 - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Mo...
Dec 29, 2025 Displaced Palestinians walk at a beach tent camp, after it was flooded by rising seawater during a winter storm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Gas prices continue to fall in Peoria area before new year
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the gas pump in Peoria continues to fall as the new year approaches. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded on Monday is $2.80/g, down 5.3 cents in the ...
Dec 29, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump says US and Ukraine 'a lot closer' on peace deal but "thorny issues" remain
PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy were "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to ...
Dec 29, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrives for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Sunday severe weather produces tornado in rural Tazewell County
GROVELAND, Ill. - Sunday's severe weather spawned a tornado in rural Tazewell County. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in rural Groveland, along Allentown Road about...
Dec 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
