Category Archives: Top Stories
Reward offered in armed robbery of Peoria postal worker
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. 'PEORIA, Ill. - A reward is now being issued in connection with the reported armed robbery of a postal worker in Peoria earlier this week. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says it'...
May 24, 2023 Sam LaRussa / CC
Industrial suppliers face a rocky road if U.S. defaults on debt- AEM
(Reuters) - A failure to break the deadlock on raising the U.S. debt ceiling before the deadline could pose a challenge to capital-intensive businesses such as industrial suppliers, a body representin...
May 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar logo is pictured at the 'Bauma' Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment in Munich, Germany, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
State legislators seek to make changes to Illinois' cannabis law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House is concerning several changes to the cannabis industry in the state. According to Capitol News Illinois, it seeks to overhaul portions of the 2019 cannabis legal...
May 24, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
AG's report: 51 priests and brothers accused of sexual abuse in Peoria Diocese
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Attorney General's report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church shows a lot of differences between claims made and reality, including in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. The s...
May 24, 2023 (From Illinois Attorney General report)
UPDATE: White House, Republicans push ahead in US debt ceiling talks
UPDATED: 1:28 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reconvened at the White House on Wednesday to try to close a dea...
May 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Facebook owner Meta starts final round of layoffs
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in...
May 24, 2023 Morning commute traffic streams past the Meta sign outside the headquarters of Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc in Mountain View, California, U.S. November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Peter DaSilva
Peoria soon will end back-in-only parking downtown
It will be considered a parking violation to back into the spots downtown after the change is made on Fulton Street.
May 24, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
$38M development project approved for Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two of the largest undeveloped warehouses in Peoria's Warehouse District are about to get a makeover. The City Council on Tuesday night approved a $38 million development plan for buil...
May 24, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Netflix expands password sharing crackdown around the world
(Reuters) -Netflix Inc on Tuesday expanded its crackdown on password sharing to the United States and more than 100 other countries, alerting users that their accounts cannot be shared for free outsid...
May 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the Netflix logo lies in front of displayed "Streaming service" words in this illustration taken March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Police investigating armed robbery of postal worker
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a postal worker was robbed at gunpoint Monday. Police say it happened near Ayres and Western Avenues around 12:30 p.m. The postal worker told investigators two juvenil...
May 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
