Category Archives: Top Stories
The Heart of Illinois Fair is officially underway
PEORIA, Ill. - We're right in the heart of fair season across Illinois, so it only makes sense that the annual Heart of Illinois Fair is right in there. The fair kicked off Tuesday and runs through Sa...
Jul 19, 2023 (File-Midwest Communications)
US soldier got in fights, damaged police car before dash to North Korea - court docs
SEOUL (Reuters) -Months before he fled into North Korea, U.S. soldier Travis King faced two assault allegations and was fined by a South Korean court for damaging a police car, according to a court ru...
Jul 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool
Trump has 47% support among Republicans; DeSantis at 19% - Reuters/Ipsos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump is dominating the U.S. Republican presidential nomination contest with 47% support within his party, well above 19% for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, according to ...
Jul 19, 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
A local agency helping victims of violence may have to close soon. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Community Against Violence organization says it may have to shutter if it doesn't get more financial and community support. The agency may have to close at the end of Novembe...
Jul 18, 2023 (Peoria Police Department via Facebook)
A grand jury indicts a man for Peoria's 11th homicide of 2023. Here's what happened
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has filed formal charges against the man accused of Peoria's 11th homicide of the year. A grand jury Tuesday filed two counts of Murder, and one count each of...
Jul 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Taco Bell wins 'Taco Tuesday' trademark dispute with rival chain
(Reuters) - Yum Brands' Taco Bell prevailed on Tuesday in its self-described bid to "liberate" the phrase "Taco Tuesday," as competing fast-food chain Taco John's told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of...
Jul 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taco Bell, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. is seen on a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
In meeting with Israel's Herzog, Biden cites 'hard work' ahead for peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog stressed their countries' close ties on Tuesday at a White House meeting despite U.S. tensions with Israeli Prime Minister ...
Jul 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US retail sales rise moderately; economy plodding along
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in June as receipts at service stations and building material stores declined, but consumers boosted or maintained spending elsewhere, ...
Jul 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man with a shopping bag walks past a sale sign at a retail clothing store in San Francisco, California May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo
State officials, organizations, and lawmakers react to Illinois Supreme Court ruling on cashless bail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Lawmakers and organizations across the state reacted to the Illinois Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday that eliminating cash bail is constitutional. The justices ruled 5-2 along parti...
Jul 18, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
A Hanna City man goes to prison for seriously injuring a child. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - He was supposed to go to trial Monday; but instead, a Hanna City man will go to prison after pleading guilty to severely injuring his then-two-month-old child. Peoria County Circuit Cou...
Jul 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
