Category Archives: Top Stories
Lawmakers grill US regulators over Silicon Valley Bank collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. regulator told a Senate panel on Tuesday that Silicon Valley Bank executives did a "terrible" job of managing risk before the lender collapsed, as lawmakers demanded t...
Mar 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee holds the door open at the Silicon Valley Bank branch office in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kori Suzuki/
Mississippi town mobilizes volunteers, opens mobile hospital after tornado kills 26
(Reuters) - Officials in Rolling Fork on Monday mobilized volunteers, organized logistics and opened a mobile hospital in the impoverished small town in western Mississippi clobbered by a ferocious to...
Mar 28, 2023 People work to clear debris after thunderstorms spawning high straight-line winds and tornadoes ripped across the state in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S. March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
"Peoria Cares" app gets an important upgrade
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria hopes an upgrade of its "Peoria Cares" app will make it easier for residents to report concerns to city officials. Peoria is partnering with SeeClickFix to update the app and on...
Mar 28, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Trump N.Y. grand jury hears from former National Enquirer publisher again -source
(Reuters) -A former National Enquirer publisher testified on Monday before a Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, sa...
Mar 28, 2023 A man holds a fabric with depiction of former U.S. President Donald Trump as his supporters display and install flags in front of Trump Tower as the investigation continues into $130,000 paid in the final weeks of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 when he was married to his current wife Melania, in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Four juveniles face charges for attempted car break-in
PEORIA, Ill. - Four more juveniles are in trouble with Peoria Police for allegedly trying to commit a carjacking over the weekend. Officers responded to a call of four juveniles attempting to break in...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 1003 WMBD)
Man faces charges for February stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man was arrested Friday night in connection with a stabbing last month, but jail records say he's already out of custody. Police say Johnny Jackson, 50, was found at...
Mar 27, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley University to end COVID-19 vaccine requirement
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 vaccine requirements at Bradley University are soon coming to an end. 25 News reports the requirement will end on May 11th for students, faculty, and staff. The university says...
Mar 27, 2023 (Bradley University)
Death toll in Pennsylvania chocolate factory blast rises to seven
(Reuters) - The death toll from an explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania has risen to seven people, with authorities ending a search for those believed to be missing following Friday's blas...
Mar 27, 2023 A general view shows smoke coming out from a chocolate factory after fire broke out, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 24, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Twitter @Based_In410/via REUTERS
A Christian school that 'celebrates childhood' becomes killing scene in Nashville
(Reuters) -The 200 young children enrolled at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, start each day with chapel, and study the Bible twice a week. "The beauty of a Pr...
Mar 27, 2023 Students from the Covenant School wait to get off a bus to meet their parents at the reunification site following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 27, 2023. Mark Zaleski/USA Today Network via REUTERST
Native American history, repatriation measures advance in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In an effort to increase recognition of indigenous history and culture, lawmakers are considering measures to repatriate Native American remains and teach N...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
