Category Archives: Top Stories
Will Smith, in new video, says he is 'deeply remorseful' about Oscars slap
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Will Smith said on Friday he was "deeply remorseful" at having slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this year and had reached out to the comedian to talk but was rebu...
Jul 29, 2022 Will Smith speaks in an apology video for slapping Chris Rock at Academy Awards 2022 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video uploaded on July 29, 2022. Will Smith/YouTube/via REUTERS
CityLift-provided service coming to Washington
UPDATED 5:52 p.m. WASHINGTON, Ill. - Some additional transportation options are coming to residents of Washington starting Monday. The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District says it is starting a six mo...
Jul 29, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
How Illinois plans on spending its share of opioid lawsuit settlement
CHICAGO, Ill. - State officials are announcing what they call "next steps" now that a federal settlement with manufacturers of opioids has been reached. Illinois expects to get $760 million over the n...
Jul 29, 2022 Cindy Shebley / CC
Blinken says he spoke to Lavrov, pressed Kremlin to accept U.S. offer on prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he has held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and pressed the Kremlin to accept the 'subs...
Jul 29, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a session of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan July 29, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Rivian shares details of severance for laid off employees
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more this week about plans for layoffs at a large electric car maker in Illinois. Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Rivian, which operates a large manufacturing faci...
Jul 29, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
UPDATED: Fire off Glen in Peoria
UPDATED: 5:07 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning the very latest since drivers spotted smoke rising above a neighborhood off West Glen Avenue in Peoria Friday morning. Peoria Firefighters say a patro...
Jul 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Death toll climbs to 16 in Kentucky floods, governor says
UPDATED 1:41 p.m. (Reuters) -The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to 16 on Friday as floodwaters swept through homes, washed out roads and pushed waterways over their banks, Governor Andy Beshear s...
Jul 29, 2022 Van Jackson checks on his dog, Jack, who was stranded at a church by flood waters along Right Beaver Creek, following a day of heavy rain in in Garrett, Kentucky, U.S. July 28, 2022. Jackson owns an auto parts store in town and said he doesn't have flood insurance to cover his loss. Pat McDonogh/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
U.S. Congressional Republicans, Democrats pause politics to play ball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a rare moment of bipartisanship in a usually bitterly divided Washington, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress competed on Thursday in an annual baseball game despi...
Jul 29, 2022 Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) pitches during the annual Congressional Baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Gladys Knight concert in Peoria cancelled
PEORIA, Ill. - A concert a lot of people were looking forward to this coming Tuesday night has been cancelled. 25 News reports the Peoria Civic Center cited "unforeseen circumstances" in having to can...
Jul 28, 2022
Man wanted for Galesburg homicide
GALESBURG, Ill. - Authorities in Galesburg say an arrest warrant is out for the man they believe shot and ultimately killed another man early Sunday morning. Galesburg Police say a warrant charging Fi...
Jul 28, 2022 (Galesburg Police/Knox County Jail)
