Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria County Sheriff urges changes to state's cashless bail law
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County's top cop is urging the governor to make changes to the state's cashless bail law. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Sheriff Chris Watkins outlined concerns with the ...
Jan 09, 2026 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Man sentenced for role in North Peoria robbery arranged through Facebook
PEORIA, Ill. - One of two men involved in a Facebook robbery more than a year ago in North Peoria learned his fate last month. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Tobais Taylo...
Jan 09, 2026 courtroom gavel
Man sentenced for role in Valentine's Day robbery at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend eight years in prison for his role in a robbery last Valentine's Day at a Peoria apartment complex. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Anthony...
Jan 09, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
UFS opens in new location in North Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's UFS Outlet Store has moved from S.W. Adams Street to N. Knoxville Avenue. UFS announced the relocation to North Peoria's Northpoint Shopping Center, at 8901 N. Knoxville, over ...
Jan 09, 2026 UFS Outlet Store has moved from its longtime home on S.W. Adams Street to the Northpoint Shopping Center on N. Knoxville. (UFS Facebook page)
US job growth stuck in slow gear in December; unemployment rate dips to 4.4%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in December amid job losses in the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors, but a decline in the...
Jan 09, 2026 A Chipotle restaurant advertises it is hiring in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: US judge sets jury selection in Luigi Mangione CEO killing trial for September
UDPATED 1:47 P.M. NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday said jury selection will begin in early September for the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a heal...
Jan 09, 2026 Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppresion hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, U.S., December 12, 2025. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS
Supreme Court set to issue rulings as Trump awaits fate of tariffs
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court could issue at least one ruling on Friday as several major cases remain pending including litigation testing the legality of Presid...
Jan 09, 2026 A semi-truck drives past Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, U.S., November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop
By Renee Hickman and Maria Alejandra Cardona MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting invol...
Jan 09, 2026 A person looks through a vehicle’s sunroof as people protest against increased immigration enforcement, a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peorian arrested for armed robbery of a teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested for an armed robbery in the East Bluff back in November. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 18-year-old Shamari Joiner was taken into custod...
Jan 09, 2026
Five states sue over Trump freezing $10 billion in childcare, family assistance funds
By Nate Raymond Jan 8 (Reuters) - Five Democratic-led states sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday challenging its decision to freeze their access to more than $10 billion in f...
Jan 09, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
