Category Archives: Top Stories
Tennis-Serena announces upcoming retirement from the sport
(Reuters) -Serena Williams said on Tuesday that she is "evolving away from tennis" as she detailed her upcoming retirement from the sport that she dominated for the majority of her career with 23 sing...
Aug 09, 2022 Aug 8, 2022; Toronto, ON, Canada; Serena Williams (USA) serves against Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) in first round play in the National Bank Open at Sobeys Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Biden signs bill to boost U.S. chips, compete with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday is signing a bill to provide $52.7 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production and research and to boost efforts to make the United Sta...
Aug 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, isolating following his COVID-19 diagnosis, appears virtually in a meeting with business and labor leaders about the Chips Act — relating to U.S. domestic chip and semiconductor manufacturing — in an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hollywood actress Anne Heche in coma since fiery car crash- spokesperson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Anne Heche remained hospitalized in critical condition, comatose and connected to a breathing machine on Monday, four days after suffering severe injuries in ...
Aug 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Anne Heche attends the premiere for the film "The Tender Bar" at The TLC Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 12, 2021. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
Hundreds rally for PPS teachers awaiting mediation
PEORIA, Ill. -- More than 800 people rallied Monday evening in support of teachers in Peoria Public Schools as they call for better pay, among other issues. The educators have been working for a week ...
Aug 09, 2022 (25 News)
Police investigating second armed robbery in less than 24 hours
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating the second reported armed robbery in a 24 hour period. Police say this one happened at 9:15 A.M. Monday on West Howett Street, inbetween Griswold and Wes...
Aug 08, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Convicted thief sentenced to newspaper ad
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Maybe the sentence didn't fit the crime. Or, did it? A soon-to-be former Springfield resident was forced as part of a court sentence to publish an ad in a local newspaper saying sh...
Aug 08, 2022 (Illinois Times)
Illinois State Fair starts Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The end of fair season is almost here. With that, the start of the Illinois State Fair, this Thursday through August 11th. There will be a lot that's new this year, according to Fa...
Aug 08, 2022 (Illinois State Fair via Facebook)
Update: Bicyclist dead after Chillicothe accident, driver cited
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Chillicothe woman is dead after her bicycle was struck by a car late Friday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Shelly Perry, 67, det...
Aug 08, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
British-Born Australian singer Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
UPDATED 3:38 P.M. (Reuters) - Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world's pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical" and starre...
Aug 08, 2022 Olivia Newton-John rides in the 85th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/Files
Girl takes part in international BMX bike competition at 9 years old
PEORIA, Ill. - Drive and determination the likes of which she's never seen before. That's how Central Illinoisan Amanda Sullivan describes her daughter Malia Alvarez -- already a competitor in the wor...
Aug 08, 2022 (25 News)
