Category Archives: Top Stories
Republicans one seat away from winning House in U.S. midterm vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans were just one seat shy on Wednesday of securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, a midterm victory that would usher in two years of divided governmen...
Nov 16, 2022 House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after McCarthy was nominated by fellow Republicans to be their leader or the Speaker of the House if they take control in the next Congress, following House Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Mayor cheers surplus as Peoria Council approves new budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria appears to be in good shape financially, at least for the short term. City Council Tuesday night pushed back a vote to potentially raise parking costs downtown, but approved a n...
Nov 16, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
Trump launches 2024 U.S. presidential run, getting jump on rivals
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024...
Nov 15, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump stands onstage listening to applause as he arrives to announce that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Developer wants to build sports complex in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - A local developer wants some land owned by the City of Pekin so that it can be turned into a sports complex and more. Casey Baldovini says he's been working on plans for the last six mon...
Nov 15, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin Police arrest man on murder charges
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police say they've arrested someone accused of severely beating a man on Halloween who died just a few days ago. Police say Kolby Kincade, 20, was initially arrested for Aggravated...
Nov 15, 2022 (Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Accused Paul Pelosi attacker pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
(Reuters) - The Canadian man accused of breaking into the San Francisco home of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and striking her 82-year-old husband, Paul, in the head with a hammer...
Nov 15, 2022 David Wayne DePape appears in San Francisco Superior Court for a preliminary hearing on state charges over the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 15, 2022 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
Buddy Guy to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - He's not from there, but a legend in blues music who's called Chicago home for decades is going back on the road one more time, and he'll stop in Peoria. Buddy Guy will bring his "Damn ...
Nov 15, 2022 jonsson / CC
School board gives Kherat contract extension
PEORIA, Ill. - The superintendent of Peoria Public Schools has a job for at least four more years. The District 150 School Board Monday night approved a four-year contract extension for Dr. Sharon Des...
Nov 15, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen arrested on murder charges for city's 23rd homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - An 18-year-old has been arrested for Peoria's 23rd homicide of the year. Peoria County Jail records indicate Erick Jackson was arrested Monday on charges of First Degree Murder, Domesti...
Nov 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Russia rains missiles across Ukraine as signs emerge of further retreat
KYIV/KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia rained missiles on cities across Ukraine on Tuesday in a salvo of strikes that follow its humiliating withdrawal from Kherson, even as signs grew that its retre...
Nov 15, 2022 Firefighters work to put out a fire in a residential building hit by a Russian strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
