Category Archives: Top Stories
Soccer-Clash of youth in store as buoyant England take on U.S.
DOHA (Reuters) - If you're good enough, you're old enough, so the saying goes, and the young guns of England and the United States added credence to that theory with eye-catching performances in their...
Nov 25, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - United States Training - Al Gharafa SC Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - November 20, 2022 Tim Ream of the U.S. during training REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Biden says his administration is engaged in talks to avert railroad strike
NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday that his administration was involved in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. railroad strike that could shut down supply chains across ...
Nov 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters during a visit to a fire station on Thanksgiving in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
SOS Police out on Black Friday looking for misuse of disabled parking placards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If you plan to go out Black Friday shopping, and you have a disability parking placard you're not supposed to, law enforcement will be watching. Secretary of State Police will be o...
Nov 24, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
Fire causes damage to West Bluff home
PEORIA, Ill. - A late-morning fire Thursday in Peoria's West Bluff neighborhood was determined to be an accident, and electrical in nature. That's according to Peoria Fire, who says crews were called ...
Nov 24, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with parades, feasts and football
(Reuters) - The United States marked the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday with traditional feasts, parades and American football, taking a moment to celebrate in a week shadowed by gun violence. The o...
Nov 24, 2022 Pikachu and Eeevee balloon is deflated during the 96th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
PPD conducts pre-Thanksgiving Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - While many people may have been celebrating Thanksgiving early Wednesday night, Peoria Police were on duty for another of Chief Eric Echevarria's special Anti-Violence Initiative Direct...
Nov 24, 2022 L-R: Sapien Moore, Jermaine Allison, Ramonta May (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Folepi's Winter Wonderland opens Thanksgiving night in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- If you didn't make it to East Peoria's Festival of Lights Parade, you can see the floats all in one place starting Thanksgiving night (November 24). Once your Thanksgiving feast i...
Nov 24, 2022 (East Peoria Festival of Lights Facebook page)
Democrats weigh options after Supreme Court decision on Trump taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats on Wednesday grappled with the daunting task of reviewing six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns as Republicans prepared to take c...
Nov 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen beyond a fountain in Washington, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Peoria runners take to the streets for Turkey Day 5K
PEORIA, Ill. -- If you'll be driving around downtown Peoria Thanksgiving morning, be aware there'll be a lot of runners on the streets. Peoria's 'Chocolate Turkey 5K, sponsored by ShaZam Racing, begin...
Nov 24, 2022 Josiah Mackenzie / CC
Gobble, gobble, gulp! Food prices put the bite on U.S. Thanksgiving feast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sticker shock: The Thanksgiving holiday, a time when families and friends typically celebrate with groaning sideboards, a stuffed turkey, and a more-is-better-than-less attitude...
Nov 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Frozen turkeys are pictured in a freezer case in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
