Category Archives: Top Stories
AAA & GasBuddy record lower weekly gas prices
PEORIA, Ill. - Most would still say the price is way too high, but weekly gas price averages have hit another water mark. GasBuddy.com says the national average of $3.63 a gallon for unleaded is part ...
Sep 19, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Taliban release U.S. engineer from Illinois Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. KABUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after Presi...
Sep 19, 2022 Afghanistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai sit during a news conference after a prisoner swap, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
Biden says 'the pandemic is over' even as death toll, costs mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that "the pandemic is over," even though the country continues to grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hun...
Sep 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Queen Elizabeth's coffin makes journey to final resting place
LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles, his sons William and Harry and other senior royals joined a solemn procession behind Queen Elizabeth's coffin through the silent streets of London on Monday, following ...
Sep 19, 2022 The coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes its way to Westminster Abbey on the day of the state funeral and burial of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022 REUTERS/John Sibley
Ameren: Over 1,300 customers still without power in the area
PEORIA, Ill. - According to the Ameren Illinois Outage Map, 1,326 customers in Peoria County are still without power midday after strong storms moved through Central Illinois Sunday night. Just a hand...
Sep 19, 2022 Daniel Borman / CC
Teachers vote to approve contract with PPS
PEORIA, Ill. - It's all but a done deal now. The Peoria Federation of Teachers says on social media teachers have overwhelmingly approved the contract worked out on Thursday with the Peoria Public Sch...
Sep 18, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers via Facebook)
Man arrested on gun charges following fight
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed following a fight early Sunday morning. Police say Myriece Byrd, 20, was arrested following a traffic stop near Gilbert Avenue and Mission Road on charges of Aggr...
Sep 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail March 2022)
Man dead following crash near Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A man is dead following an accident near Chillicothe early Sunday morning. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says the crash happened around 1:00 a.m. on Krause Road in rural Ch...
Sep 18, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
State encouraged by those willing to get bivalent COVID booster vaccine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Healh says the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the state is continuing to go down, and the number of people looking to get the latest COVID-19 ...
Sep 18, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
New lawsuit filed by Democrat to stop SAFE-T Act
JOLIET, Ill. - There's now a second State's Attorney in Illinois who is filling lawsuit against the State of Illinois over the "cashless bail" provision of the "SAFE-T Act." Will County State's Attorn...
Sep 18, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
