Category Archives: Top Stories
Brittney Griner's return reignites debate about prisoner swaps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thursday's release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer has resurfaced an old question: Do prisoner swaps do more harm than go...
Dec 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, walks after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
'Drive for Miracles' comes through for OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thousands of families can thank OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois for saving the lives of their kids. And, for 22 years, John Riley with sister station 93.3 The Drive, has...
Dec 10, 2022 (93.3 The Drive)
Woman dies in crash near Chillicothe
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A woman was killed late Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash near Chillicothe. Peoria County Sheriff's deputies were called around 4:15 p.m. to E. Hart Lane, near N. Bened...
Dec 10, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Willie Nelson to be part of 'Summer Camp' in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Remember how disappointed you were when Willie Nelson cancelled his, perhaps, coincidentally-planned April 20th concert at the Peoria Civic Center earlier this year? Fear not -- Wi...
Dec 09, 2022 Roberta / CC
Board votes to remove Cloyd from Pekin mayoral ballot
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Mayoral Candidate Becky Cloyd will be removed from the ballot following a hearing Friday before the local electoral board. Cloyd had been one of three candidates who filed to seek ...
Dec 09, 2022 (25 News)
State: COVID case increases 'significant'
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health's projected winter increase in COVID-19 cases is coming to pass. The state says 74 of the state's 102 counties are now at some form of elevated...
Dec 09, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
East-Central Illinois lawmaker passes away
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An Illinois lawmaker from part of central Illinois has died. Several Springfield-area TV stations are reporting State Senator Scott Bennett was pronounced dead Friday afternoon, and ...
Dec 09, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly)
UPDATE: Teen injured in mid-afternoon shooting
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old is injured following a call of shots being fired Friday afternoon on the edge of Central Peoria. Peoria Police say the call came around 1:30 p.m. on West...
Dec 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
GOP looking for temporary replacement for retiring lawmaker
TREMONT, Ill. - A state lawmaker representing parts of Tazewell and McLean Counties is retiring, and the search is on for his replacement. 88th District State Representative Keith Sommer submitted his...
Dec 09, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly)
Former Minnesota police officer sentenced in George Floyd case
(Reuters) -A former Minneapolis police officer on Friday was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed when a fellow poli...
Dec 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman takes part in a march and vigil on the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed in 2020 by white police officer Derek Chauvin by kneeling on his neck, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Miller
