Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump summoned to testify to U.S. Jan 6 riot panel, provide documents
UPDATED 2:03 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump was issued an order on Friday to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives committee investigating ...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Police clear the U.S. Capitol Building with tear gas as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
LaHood: Major road upgrade in Washington to improve safety and economy
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Drivers and residents in Washington will benefit from major infrastructure upgrades along U.S. 24. 18th District Republican Congressman Darin Lahood made the announcement, flanked ...
Oct 21, 2022 (Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New tourism head, Festival of Lights chair in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new man in charge of the East Peoria Festival of Lights. The City of East Peoria says Kory Brown, in addition to being the city's Director of Tourism and Special Events, ...
Oct 21, 2022 (City of East Peoria)
PPD: teen accused of injuring woman in a hail of bullets
PEORIA, Ill. --A suspect is now in custody in connection with a shooting that left a woman with a gunshot wound and four children nearby watching whole thing. It was a 20-round ShotSpotter alert last ...
Oct 21, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigat...
Oct 21, 2022 Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under former President Donald Trump, arrives at U.S. District Court on the day of his sentencing on contempt of Congress charges after refusing a subpoena from the January 6th committee, in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Illinois providing emergency mortgage assistance
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Another round of mortgage assistance is rolling out soon. Illinois Housing Development Authority Spokesperson Andrew Field says eligible homeowners still feeling the effects of the pa...
Oct 21, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Analysis-U.S. Republicans aim at Ukraine aid but unlikely to block it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans will have the power to block aid to Ukraine if they win back control of Congress, but they are more likely to slow or pare back the flow of defense and economic...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a shop damaged by an explosion, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming stran...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of a drone during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 24, 2022. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the policy's legality b...
Oct 20, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Nine arrested, one wanted, in Fulton County meth investigation
CANTON, Ill. - Authorities in Fulton County say they've arrested nine people and are looking for a tenth following what they called a months-long methamphetamine investigation in Fulton County. The Fu...
Oct 20, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
