Category Archives: Top Stories
Man dies after motorcycle crash involving deer
MAPLETON, Ill. - A Hanna City man is dead after he was riding a motorcycle and struck a deer. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Todd Sweet, 51, was pronounced dead late Monday night at a Peoria...
Apr 18, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE - Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a high-profile trial putting one...
Apr 18, 2023 Ballot box miniatures are seen in front of displayed Dominion Voting Systems and Fox logos in this illustration taken April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Student removed from Bartonville Grade School after bullet, knife, BB gun found
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A student has been removed from Bartonville Grade School after the student allegedly had a bullet and more in their possession. Bartonville Grade School superintendent Brad Jockisc...
Apr 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
Three injured in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - There are reports three people were injured after a crash late Tuesday morning in rural Peoria County. Illinois State Police say the crash happened on Route 24 near Glasford Road...
Apr 18, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House Republicans tangle over debt limit, spending cut plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday held a "robust" discussion over Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plans for raising the federal debt limit and cutting future ...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shares a laugh with Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) during a press conference about the Republican party’s upcoming legislative agenda and accomplishments in the first one hundred days of holding the majority in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Former ComEd CEO testifies she was unaware of Madigan allies' monthly checks for no work
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In May 2018, Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore called the utility's longtime top contract lobbyist, Mike McClain, with some news: she was about to be promoted ...
Apr 18, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
Pekin approves budget for FY2024
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin has approved a budget for its 2024 fiscal year. 25 News reports the nearly $90 million spending plan goes into effect on May 1st. One local official described it as the...
Apr 18, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rock legend Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, her guitarist husband, are coming to Peoria this summer. A show at the Peoria Civic Center Theater is set for Tuesday, August 15th. Pat Benata...
Apr 18, 2023 Jessie Pearl / CC
UPDATE - Southwest flights resume after brief ground stoppage due to technical issue
UPDATED 10:38 A.M. (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co flights were resuming on Tuesday after lifting a brief nationwide stoppage caused by an internal technical issue, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authori...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines jetliner lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
IRS clears massive backlog of unprocessed paper tax returns ahead of deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service declared on Tuesday that it is completing its first "normal" tax filing season since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with a backlog of mi...
Apr 18, 2023 Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
