Category Archives: Top Stories
Nearly $23M price tag for Bob Michel Bridge updates
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Upgrades to the Bob Michel Bridge, including a new bicycle and pedestrian path, have risen to almost $22.3 million, according to documents from the City of East Peoria. The initia...
Sep 06, 2022 (25 News)
One suspect in Canadian mass stabbings found dead, another still on the run
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (Reuters) -Canadian police on Monday found one of the suspects in a mass stabbing spree dead while the other suspect, his brother, was still on the run and may be...
Sep 06, 2022 Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, who are named by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as suspects in stabbings in Canada's Saskatchewan province, are pictured in this undated handout image released by the RCMP September 4, 2022. RCMP/Handout via REUTERS
Boris Johnson bows out as British PM, Liz Truss to take over
ONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson bowed out as British prime minister on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous three years in office and bequeathing his successor Liz Truss a daunting list of problems to tackle. ...
Sep 06, 2022 Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, on his last day in office as British prime minister watched by his wife Carrie, in London, Britain September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
"Bridge to Bridge" race supports other local races
PEORIA, Ill. - Some people sleep in on holidays. Others get up and run four miles, including up the 400 foot incline of a bridge, for a good cause. Those people took part in the annual "Bridge to Brid...
Sep 05, 2022 (25 News)
Two now arrested following recent stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they now have two suspects in custody in connection with a stabbing incident more than a week ago. Police say Kendall Howard, 31, was arrested Friday on charges includ...
Sep 05, 2022 Kendall Howard (left) and Ruben Bailey, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Potential teachers strike not far from minds of Peoria Labor Day parade attendees
PEORIA, Ill. - To hear one longtime local labor leader tell it, the labor movement is making a comeback in this country -- and, in Peoria. "Walter Reuther said many years ago, when he founded the (Uni...
Sep 05, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mississippi city says water pressure restored for now but setbacks possible
(Reuters) -The city of Jackson, Mississippi, said most water pressure returned to normal on Sunday, a week after its main treatment plant failed, while U.S. officials warned it was still too early to ...
Sep 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Phillip Young, a local resident from Jackson, Mississippi takes a break while helping local volunteers with the distribution of bottles of water as city of Jackson and areas around are to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after pumps at the water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
U.S. judge agrees to appoint special master in Trump search case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a special master to review records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate...
Sep 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister
LONDON (Reuters) -Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisi...
Sep 05, 2022 British Foreign Secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss arrives for the announcement of Britain's next Prime Minister at The Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Britain September 5, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley
Midterms in mind, Biden to speak at Labor Day events in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will champion unions on Monday in Labor Day visits to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as he tries to ensure Democrats beat the odds and maintain control of the U....
Sep 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun crime and his "Safer America Plan" during an event in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/
