Category Archives: Top Stories
Popes who resign are humble, Francis says in central Italy visit
L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has often said he may step down in the future if bad health impedes him from leading the Catholic Church, on Sunday praised the humility of one of the few...
Aug 28, 2022 Pope Francis pauses as he meets the faithful gathered at Piazza Duomo in L'Aquila, Italy August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION
COVID-19 cases decline, area community spread changes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois continues to move downward slowly. The Illinois Department of Public Health says as of Friday, another 24,297 new cases were reported i...
Aug 28, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Ukraine on edge as Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, nearby towns shelled
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian artillery fired at Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight, local officals said on Sunday, adding to residents' anguish as reports ...
Aug 28, 2022 A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Peoria stabbing leaves victim in critical condition
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 5 a.m. to N. Linn Street, between W. Republic and W. Nebraska, on reports of a stabbing. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said office...
Aug 27, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. Justice Dept says Trump papers included material on intelligence, sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday disclosed that it was investigating former President Donald Trump for removing White House records because it believed he illegally held doc...
Aug 27, 2022 Pages of entirely redacted information are seen in the released version of an affidavit from the U.S. Justice Department that was submitted to a federal judge to support the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after the affidavit was released to the public by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with more than half the information in the document redacted in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Two injured in Peoria shooting
UPDATED 8:45 A.M. 8/28/22 PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police said two people were wounded, one of them seriously, in a shooting Friday night near E. Kansas Street and N. Indiana Avenue in the city's East B...
Aug 27, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Shots NOT fired at Peoria High football game, Metamora forfeits
UPDATE 5:39 A.M. Metamora Township High School has decided to forfeit its game rather than resume play Saturday against Peoria High School, said PHS Athletic Director Brien Dunphy. UPDATED 9:26 P.M. D...
Aug 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tennessee man sentenced in federal court for sexually exploiting minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Tennessee man has been sentenced in federal court in Peoria to several decades in prison for what was described as a "nightmare" he inflicted on a minor. The U.S. Attorney's Office sa...
Aug 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teens arrested for suspected church break-ins
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says three teenagers have been arrested connected to break-ins at the Peoria Chinese Christian Church. Officials say Yahya Suid, 18, and a 17-year-...
Aug 26, 2022 (Peoria Chinese Christian Church/Peoria County Sheriffs Department via Facebook)
Police in two communities investigate overnight car burglaries
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Authorities in two Tazewell County communities say they saw a slew of burglaries to cars late Thursday night into Friday morning. Police in Morton says parts of six streets had...
Aug 26, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
