Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy that focuses on hemispheric threats
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that focuses in part on the "neutralization" of hemispheric threats and incapa...
May 06, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
Trial to soon start for man accused in murder of Peoria teenager in Bloomington
PEORIA/BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria mother has been waiting four years for justice after her son was shot and killed at a house party in McLean County. "I can't see my son, and it's Mother's...
May 06, 2026 courtroom gavel
'Broadview 6' defense accuses feds of keeping grand jury transcripts secret, reneging on dropping conspiracy charge
Article Summary Lawyers for the remaining four of the so-called "Broadview Six" are accusing federal prosecutors of strategically reneging on a plan to drop the main conspiracy charge against the indi...
May 06, 2026 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Ted Turner, outspoken founder of CNN, dies at 87
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died,...
May 06, 2026 Ted Turner, founder of CNN, speaks on a panel at the Paley Center for Media in New York April 29, 2012. REUTERS/Allison Joyce/File Photo
Iran says it is reviewing new US proposal after sources say sides closing in on deal
By Ariba Shahid, Steve Holland and Alexander Cornwell ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV, May 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it was reviewing a new U.S. proposal, after sources said Washington and Te...
May 06, 2026 An Iranian woman walks next to a mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 6, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Feds earmark $500K to replace Tazewell County's aging Furrow Road Bridge
By Gianna Njau PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - A half-million dollars in federal funding will help replace the Furrow Road Bridge in Tazewell County, part of a $19 million investment to improve infrastructure...
May 06, 2026 The Federal government has earmarked $500,000 to replace Tazewell County’s aging Furrow Road Bridge. (25 News)
ISU employees approve 5-year contract to end month-long strike
NORMAL, Ill. - Officials with Illinois State University say the AFSCME Local 1110 membership has ratified the tentative agreement reached on Monday, after nearly 13 hours of negotiations with the assi...
May 06, 2026 (25 News)
The area's 'best and brightest' honored at Sterling Merit Awards event
PEORIA, Ill. - Some of the best and brightest graduating seniors were celebrated Tuesday night at the 2026 Sterling Merit Awards Banquet at the Peoria Civic Center. The Rotary Club of Peoria's annual ...
May 06, 2026
Exclusive-Iran conflict may have motivated Trump dinner shooting suspect, US intelligence report finds
By Ted Hesson, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accus...
May 06, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner shooting, sits in the courtroom during a hearing after being charged with attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington D.C., U.S., April 30, 2026, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Emily Goff/File Photo
State Rep. Spain proposes a gas tax holiday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gas prices in the state of Illinois have climbed to a range of around $4.75 for regular unleaded. While prices have spiked since the beginning of the conflict in Iran, the state st...
May 06, 2026 Mike Mozart / CC
