Category Archives: Top Stories
Roof collapses at historic Rockford-area theatre during concert; severe weather blamed
BELVIDERE, Ill. - At least one person is dead and two dozen others were injured after what may have been a tornado caused the roof at a historic Rockford-area theatre to collapse Friday night. Authori...
Apr 01, 2023 (WIFR-TV via 25 News)
Biden visits tornado-hit Mississippi town
ROLLING FORK, Mississippi (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday consoled families of victims and toured scenes of devastation in a Mississippi town after storms last week killed 26 people and ...
Mar 31, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden talks as first lady Jill Biden looks on while they get the briefing from officials following the deadly weekend tornadoes and storms, in South Delta Elementary School, Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
UPDATE: Tornado pummels Arkansas capital, injuring 24 people
UPDATED 7:53 P.M. (Reuters) -A fierce tornado blasted through Little Rock, Arkansas, and adjacent towns on Friday, ripping away roofs and walls from many buildings, flipping over vehicles, and leaving...
Mar 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Mostly minimal damage following Peoria-area storms
UPDATED 7:41 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -Parts of Central Illinois got lucky, despite the National Weather Service calling for potentially dangerous severe weather Friday. A round of severe thunderstorms pelte...
Mar 31, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pope Francis visits children in hospital, set to be discharged on Saturday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis baptised a baby and greeted children in Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday as he appeared to make a rapid recovery from a bout of bronchitis that caused him to be h...
Mar 31, 2023 Pope Francis baptises a baby boy called Miguel Angel as he visits the children's cancer ward at the Gemelli hospital where he is hospitalised for a respiratory infection in this screengrab taken from a video, in Rome, Italy March 31, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Death of Peoria woman found in Illinois River now a homicide investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of a Peoria woman found on the bank of the Illinois River last week is now being investigated as a homicide. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says after further investigati...
Mar 31, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Justice Dept sues Norfolk Southern over Ohio train derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department sued Norfolk Southern Corp seeking to ensure that the railroad pays the full cost of cleanup and any long-term effects of the derailment in Ohio of on...
Mar 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view as members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (not pictured) inspect the site of a train derailment of hazardous material in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
U.S. Social Security fund seen depleted 2033, year earlier than previous estimate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Social Security system's main trust fund's reserves will be depleted in 2033, one year earlier than estimated last year, while Medicare's finances have improved slightl...
Mar 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO A sign is seen on the entrance to a Social Security office in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
UPDATE - Trump to face criminal charges, sending US into uncharted waters
UPDATED 1:36 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump is due to be fingerprinted and photographed in a New York courthouse next week as he becomes the first ex-president to face criminal charges, in a c...
Mar 31, 2023 A general view of the Manhattan Criminal Court after former U.S. President Donald Trump's indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Residents displaced by fire in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nearly two dozen residents have been displaced following a fire Thursday afternoon in downtown Peoria's New Hope Apartments. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun said fire broke out in th...
Mar 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
