Category Archives: Top Stories
Golf-PGA Tour, European Tour and LIV announce merger
(Reuters) -The PGA Tour, European Tour and rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday to merge and form a commercial entity to unify golf, bringing an end to a what ...
Jun 06, 2023 May 27, 2023; Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA; A view of the eighteenth green during the second round of LIV Golf Washington, D.C. golf tournament at Trump National. /Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Peoria Civic Center announces 311, Nikki Glaser, and Ted Nugent shows
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center announced multiple music and stand-up shows in its Theater on Tuesday. Rock band 311 will be bringing their fall tour to Peoria on September 20th. They will head...
Jun 06, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump backer-turned-critic Chris Christie makes White House run official
UPDATED 3:18 P.M. (Reuters) -Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing Republican field led by former President Donald Tr...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Republican Chris Christie speaks during the Heritage Action for America presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina on September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Keane
Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace ne...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: US flags that surround the Washington Monument are seen on Memorial Day in Washington, U.S. May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry
PPD looking for suspects in failed ATM heist
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are searching for the suspects who tried unsuccessfully to pry open an ATM early Monday morning. PPD was called around 4:10 a.m. to the area of NE Monroe and Spring Stree...
Jun 06, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ukraine dam supplying water to nuclear plant and Crimea is breached, unleashing floods
KYIV (Reuters) -A torrent of water burst through a gaping hole in a dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zon...
Jun 06, 2023 A general view of the Nova Kakhovka dam that was breached in Kherson region, Ukraine June 6, 2023 in this screen grab taken from a video obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS
Danish PM Frederiksen says she is not a candidate to head NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she is not vying for NATO's top job, after an Oval Office sit-down with U.S. President Joe Biden and a separate meeting wi...
Jun 05, 2023 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Two injured in three-vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - At least two people were injured after a crash near the Peoria riverfront late Monday morning. Authorities say the crash near Adams and Camblin happened around 10:30 a.m. Fire officials...
Jun 05, 2023 (25 News)
Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills in the next three months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly in the recently concluded legislative session - all but one of them in May...
Jun 05, 2023 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta's top-line price
CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc barged into Meta's metaverse party on Monday, unveiling an augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest and biggest bet since the introdu...
Jun 05, 2023 The Apple Vision Pro. courtesy Apple
