Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Trump aide appears in court charged with obstruction in classified documents case
UPDATED 10:45 a.m. MIAMI (Reuters) -An aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in Miami federal court on Monday to face charges he tried to help the former president hide secret documents ...
Jul 31, 2023 Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, arrives at federal court to face charges related to Trump's retention of classified documents at his Florida resort home, in Miami, Florida, U.S. July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Trump's $475 million 'big lie' defamation lawsuit against CNN dismissed
(Reuters) -A federal judge has thrown out Donald Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president claimed the network's description of his election fraud as the "big ...
Jul 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
A child was injured in a Sunday morning house fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A child was injured and a Central Peoria home suffered extensive damage following a late-morning fire Sunday. Peoria firefighters went to the home on Albany Avenue, near Finnell, around...
Jul 30, 2023 Fire caused extensive damage Sunday morning to this home at 1925 W. Albany in Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State: Extreme heat and alcohol are a bad combination
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Drinking and hot weather do not mix. That's the warning from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Even though the weather in Peoria isn't as hot for the next couple days as it w...
Jul 30, 2023 Taylor and Kevin / CC
Pro-coup protests in Niger as West African leaders meet
NIAMEY (Reuters) -France warned on Sunday that it will not tolerate any attack on its interests after pro-junta supporters in Niger stoned its embassy, burned French flags and chanted anti-French slog...
Jul 30, 2023 Demonstrators gather in support of the putschist soldiers in Niamey, the capital city of Niger July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
UPDATE: An investigation continues into a church building collapse in South Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 12:34 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Members of a South Peoria church were still expected to come together to worship Sunday, despite only two walls of their building standing after a collapse Saturday. ...
Jul 30, 2023 This pile of rubble was all that was left Sunday morning of United Fellowship Ministries, after the remaining freestanding parts of the church were demolished. The building mostly collapsed Saturday. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Five were shot during a community event in Seattle
SEATTLE - At least five people are hurt following a shooting outside a Safeway convenience store Friday night. FOX-TV station KCPQ reports the shooting happened around 9:15 p.m. in the city's Ranier B...
Jul 30, 2023 Midwest Communications
Pope urges Russian 'brothers' to restore Black Sea grain deal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain deal, under which it had allowed Ukraine to export grain from its seaports despit...
Jul 30, 2023 Pope Francis attends the mass for World day for Grandparents and the Elderly in St Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
UPDATE: Crews called to South Peoria after church collapses Saturday morning
UPDATED 10:14 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple first responders were on the scene of a church collapse Saturday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the collapse occurred at the United Fellowship M...
Jul 29, 2023 (25 News)
No Mega Millions winner Friday night pushes jackpot over $1 billion for next drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - No one won the top prize in Friday night's drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. That will now push the top prize for the next drawing Tuesday night to $1.05 billi...
Jul 29, 2023 (Mega Millions Consortium)
