Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. composer Burt Bacharach dies at age 94
(Reuters) -Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" provided a mellow alternative soundtrack to rock and roll in the 1960s ...
Feb 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Composer Burt Bacharach sings during a media event in Sydney June 28, 2007. Prolific song writer Bacharach is undertaking a tour of Australia with the Sydney Symphony orchestra. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo
NBA-Nets forward Durant traded to Suns
(Reuters) - The Brooklyn Nets have traded All-Star forward Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns in a swap deal that includes four other players and future first-round picks, American media reported on Thu...
Feb 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jan 6, 2023; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado (15) reaches in to grab the ball against Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant (7) during the second half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
Arrest made in West Peoria homicide
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A Decatur man has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing another Decatur man in West Peoria last month. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says Lamentae Turner, 22, was ...
Feb 08, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
New Amazon fulfillment center opens in North Pekin Thursday morning
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. - A major company will open its first Peoria-area location Thursday morning. Amazon opens its fulfillment center in North Pekin at 9:00 a.m. Thursday. Despite the rainy, windy weathe...
Feb 08, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: North Valley fire displaces six
UPDATED 6:32 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters spent the late afternoon Wednesday at a North Valley home damaged by fire. Crews were called to the home near Madison and Morgan, near the Friendsh...
Feb 08, 2023 (25 News)
Former Twitter execs tell Republicans they erred on Hunter Biden laptop story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former Twitter executives told a Republican-led U.S. House committee on Wednesday that they made a mistake by blocking tweets about a laptop said to belong to President Joe Biden...
Feb 08, 2023 U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee member Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attends the committee's hearing about Twitter's handling of a 2020 New York Post story about Hunter Biden and his laptop, in Washington, U.S. February 8, 2023. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein
Lawmaker introduces bill to address alleged car insurance discrimination
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A lawmaker is introducing a bill in Springfield addressing something he says Illinois is one of few states to not already address. State Representative Will Guzzardi of Chicago's b...
Feb 08, 2023 Dan Keck
In Wisconsin, Biden offers preview of 2024 campaign
DEFOREST, Wis. (Reuters) - Fresh off a State of the Union speech to Congress that challenged opposition Republicans to help unite the country, President Joe Biden embarked on a tour of U.S. states cru...
Feb 08, 2023 President Joe Biden talks with people after the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to perform at Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - He's described as a "true American legend." And, at 88 years old, he is still going strong. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will perform at the Peoria Civic Center Theater August 11....
Feb 08, 2023 fishhawk
Senators ask Starbucks CEO to testify at March 9 hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who chairs a committee on labor issues and 10 other members of the committee, have asked Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz to testify at a Ma...
Feb 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks to the media at the statekout location at the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
