Category Archives: Top Stories
Oil prices slide $2/bbl; settle at 9-month lows on dollar strength
(Reuters) - Oil prices fell $2 a barrel on Monday, settling at nine-month lows in choppy trade, pressured by a strengthening dollar as market participants awaited details on new sanctions on Russia. B...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
State once again honors Gold Star Families
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State leaders honored the families of fallen soldiers statewide over the weekend -- known as Gold Star Families. The state hosted what was an otherwise private event for the famili...
Sep 26, 2022 (State of Illinois via video)
Man arrested, accused of holding girl out window during domestic incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A rural Peoria man is jailed after he allegedly attempted to throw a child out of a window Sunday evening. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says deputies went to a home on Resthave...
Sep 26, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
19th Peoria homicide victim identified
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Preliminary autopsy results are confirming that the victim of Peoria's 19th homicide died from multiple gunshot wounds. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood Monday conf...
Sep 26, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Florida battens down as Hurricane Ian churns northward
UPDATED 2:15 P.M. TAMPA (Reuters) -Florida residents scrambled to set up sandbags and stockpile emergency supplies on Monday as the state braced for Hurricane Ian, which was expected to bring damaging...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tropical Storm Ian is seen near the coast of Cuba in this satellite image taken September 25, 2022. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria YMCA to launch "Y On The Fly" programming in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's YMCA will soon be reaching out even further to the community with "Y On The Fly". The YMCA teamed up with Peoria Park District and the Riverplex last year, bringing it's progr...
Sep 26, 2022 (Courtesy of Peoria YMCA)
U.S. announces $457.5 million civilian aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will provide $457.5 million in new civilian security aid for Ukraine, a portion of which will be used to support the government's investigation of atrocities, S...
Sep 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Ukrainian national flag is seen behind the U.S. national flag during a rally of foreign community members in support of Ukraine amid growing tensions with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears planned impact with its target
(Reuters) - Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, design...
Sep 26, 2022 NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system showed in this undated illustration handout. NASA/Johns Hopkins/Handout via REUTERS
Local gas prices rise over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- You've probably noticed a jump in gas prices over the weekend. AAA-Illinois says the state average for regular unleaded gas is $3.97, but in the Peoria-Pekin metro area, prices are as ...
Sep 26, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Gunman kills 13 at Russian school
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A gunman with a swastika on his t-shirt killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 20 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators ...
Sep 26, 2022 Police and members of emergency services work near the scene of a school shooting in Izhevsk, Russia September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
