Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump's lawyers propose 2026 trial date in federal election case
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge in Washington to schedule an April 2026 trial for the former president, on federal charges that he allegedly sought to overturn hi...
Aug 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo
Maui's chief of emergency management resigns amid criticism
KIHEI, Hawaii (Reuters) -Maui County Emergency Management administrator Herman Andaya, criticized by local residents and media over the island's response to the deadly wildfires that killed at least 1...
Aug 18, 2023 Trees charred by the Maui wildfires stand near the shell of a building in Lahaina, Hawaii, U.S. August 15, 2023. U.S. Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Unity - not Trump - is the message at Illinois State Fair Republican Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, state party leaders sought a message of unity ahead of the 2024 presidential election. One appare...
Aug 17, 2023 U.S. Rep Darin LaHood, of Dunlap, speaks to the crowd during Illinois State Fair Republican Day festivities in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Woman who mailed ricin to Trump in 2020 jailed for 22 years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was sentenced to about 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin, in September 2020, to then-President Donald Trump at th...
Aug 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo
Georgia law enforcement probe threats after Trump grand jury ID'd online
UPDATED 4:15 A.M. 8/18/23 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Law enforcement officials are investigating threats related to former President Donald Trump's election interference investigation in Georgia, after nam...
Aug 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
Man suffers 'significant arm injury' after accident at East Peoria UPS facility
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A man could be seriously injured following an accident at the UPS facility in East Peoria. The East Peoria Fire Department confirms firefighters went to the facility on West Camp S...
Aug 17, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A Peoria hotel settles federal claims of an Americans with Disabilities Act violation but doesn't admit wrongdoing
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a Peoria hotel is paying restitution to the family of a youth with a disability, but isn't admitting wrongdoing, after an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabiliti...
Aug 17, 2023 The Hampton Inn in Peoria, near the Shoppes at Grand Prairie (Source: petersenhotels.com)
Drought levels decreasing locally and across Illinois. Here's where conditions currently stand
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are easing up in Illinois. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows 14.72% of the state experiencing some level of drought. That's down from 27.35% the week pr...
Aug 17, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Distillery Labs builds for the future of Peoria's economic growth. Here's what to know about their new home
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria business incubator Distillery Labs is ready to start working toward moving in to its new home, four years after the organization began. Delayed in part by COVID-19, Distiller...
Aug 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hands-on experiences and training for Caterpillar customers at facility in Peoria County
EDWARDS, Ill. - One of three places in the world where Caterpillar gives consumers a chance to try equipment before they buy it is located in Peoria County. The Edwards Demonstration and Learning Cent...
Aug 17, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
