Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden swipes at China with memorandum to combat illegal fishing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed a national security memorandum to fight illegal fishing, part of pledged efforts to help countries combat alleged violations by fishing ...
Jun 27, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden attends the G7 leaders' summit at the Bavarian resort of Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/Pool
Update: Three dead in Amtrak train crash and derailment in Missouri
(Reuters) -An Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in northern Missouri on Monday after hitting a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing, killing two aboard and a person in the truc...
Jun 27, 2022 Christine Warner / CC
Still time to register to vote for Tuesday's Primary Election
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As if the onslaught of mailers and TV and radio commercials weren't enough indication for you, Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Illinois. There are contested races where both Dem...
Jun 27, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
OSHA cites contractors working for Caterpillar for 2021 Mapleton death
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal agency has cited third-party contractors working at Caterpillar's Mapleton Foundry for a death that happened last December. OSHA is proposing $87,016 in fines against Illinois...
Jun 27, 2022 (Caterpillar)
Jan. 6 panel announces another hearing for Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee plans to reveal new evidence about the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters at a public hearing on Tuesday it has...
Jun 27, 2022 Members of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol are seen during the fifth public hearing of the committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Synchronized Figure Skating national championship comes to Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A big competition will return to Peoria next year. U.S. Figure Skating says the 2023 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships will play in Peoria next March 1 through 4 at the Peoria Civ...
Jun 27, 2022 Tom Thiel / CC
U.S. Supreme Court sides with doctors challenging opioid convictions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it harder for prosecutors to win convictions of doctors accused of running "pill mills" and excessively prescribing opioids and other addictive drugs ...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/
"Benzo Dope" found in Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - A local agency that tries to provide help to drug users in the area says another potentially dangerous drug is hitting the streets here. JOLT Harm Reduction says it's referred to as "Be...
Jun 27, 2022 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
AAA: Gas prices drop a few cents
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Though it's still too much, we are paying a bit less for gas at the pump. According to Triple A, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is now $4.89, after ris...
Jun 27, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
U.S. Supreme Court endorses football coach's on-field prayers
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violat...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Joe Kennedy, a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his job for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games, poses at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022. Meegan M. Reid/USA Today Network via REUTERS
