Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATED: Pritzker signs assault weapon sales, manufacturing ban
UPDATED 1/10 10:55 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On the first full day of his second term, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill banning the sale, distribution and manufacture o...
Jan 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police: 11-year-old boy charged with stealing vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say an 11-year-old boy was who stole a car Tuesday morning and later led police on a chase in part of the East Bluff area. Police say they were first alerted to a stolen v...
Jan 10, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Marking Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The Tazewell County Health Department is hoping to bring more awareness to a form of cancer that can often be easily detected, easily preventable, and easily treatable. January...
Jan 10, 2023 (Tazewell County Health Department)
Former Trump Organization CFO gets five months in jail
UPDATED - 2:08 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump who served as the star prosecution witness in the criminal trial of the former president's real estate ...
Jan 10, 2023 Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives for sentencing for tax fraud scheme at in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., January 10, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Bed Bath & Beyond posts $393 million quarterly loss, bankruptcy threat looms
(Reuters) -Bed Bath & Beyond Inc on Tuesday reported a third-quarter loss of $393 million after early holiday sales failed to provide a respite from the months' long cash burn that led to warnings...
Jan 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A shopping cart is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. Supreme Court considers narrowing federal protections for unions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with a labor dispute that could narrow federal protections for unions by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that ...
Jan 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets on the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
North America to boost semiconductor industry, doubts persist on Mexico energy policy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The United States, Mexico and Canada will take steps to strengthen the North American semiconductor industry, the White House said on Tuesday, as the countries try to resolve a ...
Jan 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet at the National Palace during the North American leaders summit in Mexico City, Mexico January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Police seeking information in Monday evening attempted armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police says there's currently no information on a suspect in a Monday evening attempted armed robbery case. Authorities said officers responded to a call from the 4000 block of S...
Jan 10, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Agency study: traffic crashes cost U.S. society $340 billion in 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday in a landmark report that motor vehicle crashes, which are rising fast, cost American society $340 billion in 2019. In a comprehensive e...
Jan 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Traffic is pictured at twilight along 2nd Ave. in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Fire displaces Peoria residents overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Fire Department was called out late Monday night to a home in the area of N. Douglas and W. Windom Streets. When fire crews arrived around 11:30 p.m., they found smoke comin...
Jan 10, 2023 Midwest Communications
