Category Archives: Top Stories
Alabama woman reported missing Thursday, returned home on Saturday -Police
HOOVER, Ala. - A woman reported missing after checking on a toddler found on the side of an Alabama road has been found. Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, 25, was reported safe around 10:45 p.m. Sat...
Jul 17, 2023 Carlee Russell (Hoover, Alabama Police via Facebook)
US, China aim to revive climate cooperation as tensions simmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China will look to revive efforts to combat global warming this week, in bilateral meetings that observers hope will raise the bar on ambitions ahead of UN...
Jul 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing on the State Department's climate budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Biden's election war chest trails Trump's in size, filings show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's re-election campaign ended last month with about $20 million in the bank, just trailing the $22 million plus reported by Republican front-runner Donald Tru...
Jul 17, 2023 US President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Nordic leaders (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 13, 2023. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard/via REUTER
Extreme heat sizzles US West as deadly flash floods persist in Northeast
DEATH VALLEY, California (Reuters) - An extreme heatwave peaked in the western United States on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 128 Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) in the California desert, while flash flo...
Jul 17, 2023 The skyline of downtown Houston is seen during excessive heat warnings for Southeast Texas, in Houston, Texas, U.S. July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Big lottery game jackpots go up again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There are still more than a billion dollars in lottery jackpots to be won. This, after the Powerball, Mega Millions, and Illinois Lottery Lotto game jackpots all rolled over betwee...
Jul 17, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
U.S. Senator Manchin speech stokes speculation of White House run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maverick Democratic Senator Joe Manchin on Monday is set to address a bipartisan group in New Hampshire, a critical early-voting state in the 2024 presidential primary elections...
Jul 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and other U.S senators unveil legislation that would allow the Biden administration to "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as the Chinese-owned video app TikTok during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash/File Photo
United Airlines pilots reach labor agreement, boost pay
CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines and its pilots on Saturday reached a labor agreement that will give the latter a significant pay increase, after the union rejected an earlier offer last year instea...
Jul 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The One World Trade Center and the New York skyline are seen while United Airlines planes use the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Peoria Police investigate a double shooting. Here are the details
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say two people were injured in a shooting Saturday evening. Police say officers were called to Peoria and Virginia Avenues prior to 8:30 p.m. after a ShotSpotter alert ind...
Jul 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
Wildfire smoke makes a comeback in Central Illinois
LINCOLN, Ill. - We got a couple weeks worth of a break, but Canadian wildfire smoke is back with a vengeance in most of Illinois. The National Weather Service says most of the state, including the tri...
Jul 16, 2023 A haze envelops the Peoria area Sunday morning, as seen from the WMBD Radio studios at the top of Civic Center Plaza downtown. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A discarded cigarette is to blame for a fire at a Peoria restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria restaurant ended up on fire Saturday. That's according to Peoria Fire Department officials, who say the fire at Perkins only caused about $5,000 in damages. Firefighters were c...
Jul 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
