Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker celebrates passage of state Workers Rights Constitutional Amendment
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Democrats are taking another victory lap connected to the 2022 election. Governor JB Pritzker and union leaders Thursday celebrated the passage of the Workers Rights Amendment...
Dec 15, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Teen pleads not guilty in murder of another teen
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a shooting more than a month ago near Quest Charter Middle School. Erick Jackson, 18, made the plea in Peoria County ...
Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Biden announces U.S. support for African Union joining G20
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he would support the African Union joining the G20 group of large economies as a permanent member, part of Washington's efforts to ...
Dec 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063, in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
State: unemployment inches up slightly, jobs also go up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's jobless average went up last month, but so did job growth. Using federal data, the state says the state unemployment...
Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
One arrested, one injured following shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is believed to be in custody after late-morning shooting in Central Peoria. Peoria Police say the shooting was reported around 11:30 Thursday morning on West Joan Court near ...
Dec 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
Two indicted by grand jury for stealing catalytic converters
PEORIA, Ill. - One of two men accused of taking catalytic converters off vehicles in a car dealership lot is pleading not guilty. Derrick Kline, 30, made the plea in court Thursday, after a grand jury...
Dec 15, 2022 Charles Foster (left), and Derrick Kline (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Three men sentenced to prison for aiding plot to kidnap Michigan governor
(Reuters) -Three men convicted of playing supporting roles in a foiled plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan in 2020 were sentenced to multiple years in prison on Thursday, as two of the conspiracy'...
Dec 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Joseph Morrison (3rd R), Paul Bellar (2nd R) and Pete Musico (R) who were charged for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stand in front of the governor's office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo
Rivermen's future at Peoria Civic Center still up in the air
PEORIA, Ill. -- The future of the Peoria Rivermen remains in question, as both the hockey team and the Peoria Civic Center try to come to agreement over where the team will be next season. 5th Distric...
Dec 15, 2022
U.S. retail sales fall more than expected in November; weekly jobless claims decrease
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in November, likely payback after surging in the prior month, while the labor market remains tight, with the number of Americans filing...
Dec 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People carrying shopping bags walk inside the King of Prussia shopping mall, as shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo/File Photo
Biden administration offers U.S. households more free COVID-19 tests for winter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. households can order four free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government website COVIDTests.gov beginning on Thursday as part of the Biden administration's efforts to tack...
Dec 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Take home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, are seen in this illustration taken January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Illustration
