Category Archives: Top Stories
Former senior living facility in East Peoria targeted for conversion into apartments
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A former senior living facility in East Peoria could be revived as multi-family housing. Accolade EP Rentals received preliminary approval last week from commissioners for a specia...
Dec 23, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
US Justice Department releases new tranche of Epstein files
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department released a new trove of documents on Tuesday from its investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, inclu...
Dec 23, 2025 Jeffrey Epstein. via U.S. Justice Department
New laws: Illinois' grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin
Article Summary Nearly 300 Illinois laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Illinois' 1% statewide grocery tax will be eliminated, but more than half the state's cities and towns have passed an ordinan...
Dec 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Springfield grocery store in 2022 in favor of temporarily eliminating the state’s grocery tax. Four years later, the tax will end permanently, at least statewide. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
South Peoria home damaged after alleged arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson is being blamed for a fire at a South Peoria house Monday night. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Howett and Madison Park Terrace just before 9:30 P.M., finding smo...
Dec 23, 2025
Trump says US needs Greenland for security, taps envoy to 'lead the charge'
PALM BEACH, Florida/COPENHAGEN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump reasserted on Monday that the United States needs Greenland for its national security and said a special envoy he appointed to...
Dec 23, 2025 The U.S. flag flies outside their consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages
KYIV, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least three Ukrainians including a child on Tuesday, triggering widespread emergency power cuts and prompting neighbouring Poland t...
Dec 23, 2025 A resident stands in an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 23, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Washington places question regarding golf carts on city streets on ballot
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington residents will get to make their voices heard about a different form of transportation in the city. The city council last week approved a non-binding referendum for the M...
Dec 22, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Netanyahu to discuss Iran, next phase of Gaza plan with Trump
JERUSALEM, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he will discuss Iran's nuclear activities during his visit next week with U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a join...
Dec 22, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) after a trilateral meeting at the Citadel of David Hotel, in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS
Barry Manilow shares cancer diagnosis as surgery prompts concert cancellations
LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S singer-songwriter Barry Manilow announced on Monday through Instagram that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer, prompting him to pause his scheduled concerts whi...
Dec 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Barry Manilow performs during the Pre-GRAMMY gala, hosted by the Recording Academy and Clive Davis, in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/ File Photo
Woman injured after shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was injured after a shooting early Sunday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says seven shots were fired in the area of Charlton and McBean just after 1:15 A.M., but did not...
Dec 22, 2025
