Category Archives: Top Stories
Double-digit U.S. home price growth streak skids to an end
(Reuters) - Annual price growth in the increasingly fragile U.S. housing market slid into the single digits in October for the first time in about two years when mortgage rates that month surged above...
Dec 27, 2022 A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a residential home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey/File Photo
Warmer weather on the way for western New York after deadly blizzard
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Thousands of western New Yorkers were digging out from under four feet of snow (1.2 meters) dumped during a deadly Christmas blizzard, even as the National Weather Service pr...
Dec 27, 2022 An aerial view of buildings during a blizzard in Buffalo, New York, U.S. December 26, 2022, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Mostofa Ahsan/via REUTERS
Ringleader in Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to 16 years
(Reuters) - The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, pr...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sits in a 2019 Chevrolet Traverse, assembled in Lansing, Michigan, at the General Motors display area during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Teenager arrested after Monday morning carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager is in the Peoria County Jail after a carjacking incident Monday morning. Peoria Police said 19-year-old Gabriel Messenger is being charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking...
Dec 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fighting rages in east Ukraine as Russia reaffirms demands for ending war
KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces shelled and bombed towns and cities in eastern and southern Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after Russia's foreign minister said Kyiv must accept Moscow's dem...
Dec 27, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers with the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a projectile from a 2S7 Pion self propelled cannon, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during intense shelling on the front line in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Cloyd seeks reversal of Election Board's decision
PEKIN, Ill. -- Mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd is challenging the Pekin Election Board's ruling taking her off the April 4 ballot. Cloyd has been assigned a January 5 court hearing. The Pekin Election B...
Dec 27, 2022 (25 News)
GasBuddy: Gas price declines may be done for a bit
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area continue to decline, with some parts of the area lower than others. AAA says its current Peoria-Pekin Metro Area gas price average for a gallon of unleaded...
Dec 26, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera-Pekin)
U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season -Mastercard data
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 7.6% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, which encompasses a majority of the holiday season, as steep discounts lured deal-hungry consumers, a Mastercard report showed on Mo...
Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People shop on Christmas Eve in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Illinois GED gets a name change on New Years Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois' "GED" will be getting a name change as of Sunday. The GED certificate will instead be called the "State of Illinois High School Diploma." "This is important ...
Dec 26, 2022 COD Newsroom / CC
New year to bring new laws in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state's criminal justice system - the elimi...
Dec 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
