Category Archives: Top Stories
Fire displaces family in Peoria Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews were called to a home on N. Glen Court in Peoria late Sunday night. Light smoke was coming from the two-story home as firefighters arrived around 11:45 p.m. The fire was put...
Apr 03, 2023 D4E / CC
Republican Hutchinson to run for US president in 2024, urges Trump to go
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his 2024 U.S. presidential candidacy on Sunday with a proclamation that set him apart from other current or potential Republica...
Apr 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson walks through the Dirksen Senate office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Trump's ex-fixer Michael Cohen poised to be key witness in criminal case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former lawyer for Donald Trump who once said he would do anything to protect the former U.S. president is now poised to serve as a key witness in the criminal trial of his longt...
Apr 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sworn in to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Violent US storms kill at least 32 people
UPDATED 7:09 p.m. (Reuters) - The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern and midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 32 over the weekend, according ...
Apr 02, 2023 A view of destroyed buildings following the tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S., March 31, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. @ZHarris07/@thezaneharris/via REUTERS
Governor issues disaster proclamation after severe storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster declaration after deadly storms made their way through the state on Friday. The declaration was issued Saturday evening for fi...
Apr 02, 2023 (State of Illinois)
OSF creates pharmacy distribution center
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new pharmacy in town -- one its owner says you won't find anywhere else. Peoria-based OSF HealthCare is opening what they call a "specialty pharmacy" and "Integrated Distribut...
Apr 01, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
State: COVID numbers remain 'low'
CHICAGO, Ill. - COVID-19 cases and transmission are almost the same this past week, as they were the week prior, which the state considers to be relatively low. The Illinois Department of Public Healt...
Apr 01, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
US Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Republicans in the U.S. Congress have responded to Donald Trump's looming Tuesday arraignment by characterizing the criminal justice system as corrupt, in accusations that ...
Apr 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program in an address from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Little Rock picks up the pieces after deadly tornado pummels central Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas first responders will sift through rubble on Saturday, searching for more possible victims after a fierce tornado blasted through the Little Rock area, killi...
Apr 01, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pope Francis leaves hospital, saying 'I'm still alive'
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis left hospital and returned to the Vatican on Saturday after being treated for bronchitis, making light of his illness by saying: "I'm still alive you know". The pope, 86, ...
Apr 01, 2023 Pope Francis waves from a car as he leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital in Rome, Italy, April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
