Category Archives: Top Stories
Wanted: Expired and unwanted prescription medications
PEORIA, Ill. - Saturday is "National Prescription Drug Takeback Day." It's a day, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, where people are encouraged to dispose of unneeded prescription medi...
Apr 22, 2023 (Drug Enforcement Agency)
Fewer IL counties have elevated COVID-19 spread levels -State
CHICAGO, Ill. - The COVID-19 situation in Illinois continues to improve. That's according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, which says as of Friday, only two counties have elevated spread l...
Apr 22, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
U.S. abortion providers relieved but wary as Supreme Court preserves pill access
(Reuters) - Abortion rights supporters expressed relief on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court preserved access to a widely used abortion pill but warned of a long fight ahead as a legal challenge to ...
Apr 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pro-abortion demonstrators gather at the State Capitol to mark the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that had established a right to abortion until it was overturned last year, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox
U.S. Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion pill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, delivering a victory to President Joe Biden's administration as it d...
Apr 21, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, line a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Schnucks issues alert on bags of pretzels containing unreported allergen
ST. LOUIS - A grocer with locations in Peoria is issuing an alert on one of its store-brand products because it may affect customers with allergies. Officials with Schnucks say two types of their stor...
Apr 21, 2023 (Schnuck's)
UPDATE: Sudan army agrees to help evacuate foreigners, fighting continues despite ceasefire
UPDATED 6:08 A.M. 4/22/23 KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army said on Saturday it had agreed to help evacuate foreign nationals as sporadic gunfire and air strikes echoed across Khartoum despite promise...
Apr 21, 2023 People gather to get bread during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
State: Legionnaire's Disease case reported at Quincy Veterans Home
QUINCY, Ill. - The location of a deadly Legionnaire's Sisease outbreak back in 2015 is once again the site of a case. The Illinois Departments of Public Health and Veterans Affairs say they have confi...
Apr 21, 2023 National Library of Medicine
License Plate Readers now in use in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - An item that's been getting a lot of use by Peoria and East Peoria Police among others has now spread to another location in the area. Chillicothe Police say they have installed au...
Apr 21, 2023 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Suspect arrested after police standoff
UPDATED 8:20 A.M. 4/22/23 PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been arrested after a standoff lasting for a time in North Peoria. Peoria Police tell 25 News Brian Burnside, 32, was arrested on outstanding warrant...
Apr 21, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump ally Jordan urges court to allow deposition of ex-prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, one of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in Congress, on Friday urged an appeals court to let his House Judiciary Committee depose a former prosecut...
Apr 21, 2023 U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) arrives for the Republican caucus meeting, in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
