Category Archives: Top Stories
Tesla recalls 362,000 U.S. vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla Inc said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system did n...
Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model S charges at a Tesla supercharger station in Cabazon, California, U.S. May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich
Biden says he'll speak to China's Xi on balloon incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet sho...
Feb 16, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Father of accused July 4th gunman arraigned in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) -An Illinois father was arraigned in court on Thursday on charges that he helped his underage son obtain a gun that the latter used to kill seven people at a Fourth of July parade ne...
Feb 16, 2023 Robert E. Crimo III walks into the courtroom during a hearing on Highland Park shooting in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
Baseball player/broadcaster Tim McCarver dies at 81
ST. LOUIS - A longtime baseball player-turned baseball broadcaster has died. Major League Baseball says Tim McCarver died Thursday at age 81 due to heart failure. McCarver started his major league car...
Feb 16, 2023 Marianne O'Leary / CC
Witnesses in Trump election meddling probe may have lied under oath -grand jury
(Reuters) -Some witnesses may have lied under oath during a grand jury probe of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, according to excerpts from the ...
Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
ISU president resigns after less than two years
NORMAL, Ill. - She wasn't there long, but the president of Illiois State University is resigning. It's not clear why it happened, but Doctor Terri Goss Kinzy's resignation was effective Tuesday, thoug...
Feb 16, 2023 (Illinois State University)
Peoria-area Republicans say there's not enough money for new programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Peoria-area Republican legislatures believe there's not enough money to fund new proposed spending from Governor J.B. Pritzker. In his State of the State and Budget address yesterd...
Feb 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tuesday Morning to close Peoria location amid bankruptcy
PEORIA, Ill. - Another national retailer with a Peoria presence is closing its local store. The Peoria Tuesday Morning store is confirmed to be one of 264 nationwide closing, after the home goods reta...
Feb 16, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman pleads guilty to fatal East Peoria DUI crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A former Bradley University student has pleaded guilty to a number of charges in connection with a fatal crash she caused last year. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Stepha...
Feb 16, 2023 (Tazewell County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
After Pritzker's budget address, lawmakers jockey for their own spending priorities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Even factoring in the possibility of a "mild recession" this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on Wednesday includes nearly $50 billion in...
Feb 16, 2023 State Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, speaks at a news conference with fellow members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Wednesday in response to Gov. JB Pritzker's state budget address. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
