Category Archives: Top Stories
Four arrested following morning Peoria County stabbing
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Four people ended up getting arrested after Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says a stabbing occurred at a home near the Peoria International Airport. Watkins says a 41-year-o...
Aug 18, 2022
Duckworth meets with local union leaders
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Local union leaders are telling one of the state's representatives in Congress things are going well thanks in part to the federal infrastructure funding the President signed in to...
Aug 18, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. judge says he leans toward releasing some evidence for Trump search
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday said he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by the U.S. Justice Department to justify its search of Donald Trump's Flor...
Aug 18, 2022 A view of the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, before a Federal judge holds a hearing on the motion to unseal the search warrant on former President Donald Trump's home, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Man, struck by car, charged with shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after being hit by a car when he allegedly shot at it. Peoria Police say it started with a ShotSpotter alert of four rounds being fired near the Harrison Homes co...
Aug 18, 2022 (File-Peoria County Jail)
Accused 'serial rapist' pleads not guilty
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man accused by the Peoria County State's Attorney of being a "serial rapist" has pleaded not guilty. Peoria County Court records indicate DeMarquis Turner, 39, pleaded not gu...
Aug 18, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
White House: U.S. to add 1.8 million doses to monkeypox vaccine supply
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will boost its supply of monkeypox vaccine by making an additional 1.8 million doses of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine available for ordering starting Aug. ...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Workers sit outside of D.C. Health's first monkeypox vaccination clinic, which is administering the first Jynneos vaccine doses distributed in the U.S. capital, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gavino Garay
Longtime Trump executive Weisselberg pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A longtime senior executive at Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty on Thursday to helping it engineer a 15-year tax fraud, in an agreement that will require him to testif...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Allen Howard Weisselberg, Trump Organization former CFO, departs criminal court after a hearing for his tax evasion case in New York City, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
The Penguin Players take you back to the 80s this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The Penguin Project got its start here in Central Illinois, and has spread across the nation with over 60 affiliate groups. The project gives young people with different abilities...
Aug 18, 2022
U.S. weekly jobless claims dip as labor market remains resilient
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and data for the prior period was revised sharply down, suggesting labor market conditions rema...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
FBI's sealed evidence that led to search of Trump's home focus of court hearing
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Sealed records containing evidence the U.S. Justice Department presented to secure court approval to search Donald Trump's Florida home will be at the heart of a hear...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump departs Trump Tower two days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, New york, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
