Category Archives: Top Stories
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered cl...
Nov 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Little Princess joining Queen for East Peoria Festival of Lights
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A Queen is being joined by a Princess for this year's East Peoria Festival of Lights. On Sunday, the festival hosted its first Little Princess Pageant at the Festival Building. The...
Nov 10, 2025
Trump pardons Giuliani and dozens of others accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 defeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark and Sidney Po...
Nov 10, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Familiar faces to former Peoria judge to run for his Circuit Court seat next year
PEORIA, Ill. - There will be a contested race for a seat on the bench in a central Illinois circuit court next year. It will be for a spot formerly held by Judge John Vespa in the 10th Circuit Court, ...
Nov 10, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Woman injured after being shot in Peoria's West Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after reportedly being shot in Peoria's West Bluff. Peoria Police says the shooting occurred just before 2:00 P.M. Sunday near Frink and C...
Nov 10, 2025 Peoria Police Department
US flight delays, cancellations accelerate as air traffic controller shortages surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of travelers had their flights delayed or canceled on Sunday in the worst day for disruptions since the start of a U.S. government shutdown, as Transportati...
Nov 10, 2025 Travelers wait for their flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Fire damages Peoria shopping center building
PEORIA, Ill. - Two businesses were affected by a fire Sunday night at a Peoria shopping center. Peoria Fire says crews arrived just before 11:15 P.M. to Pioneer Square Shopping Center on University, f...
Nov 10, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices sharply increase in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to climb in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded on Monday is $3.21/g, up 7.5 cents in the past week. The average is more tha...
Nov 10, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Trump calls for giving healthcare money 'directly to the people' as shutdown talks drag on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct paymen...
Nov 08, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 fleets after deadly Louisville crash
(Reuters) -UPS and FedEx said on Friday they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a crash in Louisville, Kentucky this week that killed at ...
Nov 08, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network
