Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker talks Caterpillar, campaigning out of state, potential Presidential run, DNC in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has said more about Caterpillar's decision to move its headquarters out of the State of Illinois after 100 years. Pritzker answered a question about the m...
Jun 16, 2022 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service (File)
U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 panel examines Trump's pressure on Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating last year's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol turned its attention on Thursday to then-President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure fo...
Jun 16, 2022 Michael Luttig, advisor to former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and a former U.S. federal judge and Greg Jacob, former counsel to Pence, are sworn in to testify during the third of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
CityLink bus crashes near downtown terminal
PEORIA, Ill. - Several people are said to be injured after a CityLink bus crashed in downtown Peoria late Thursday morning. Police and fire crews were called to Harrison and Jefferson Street near Big ...
Jun 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Will Stevenson)
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall less than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, hinting at some cooling in the labor market, though conditions remain tigh...
Jun 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Buffalo shooting suspect to appear in federal court
(Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last month was scheduled on Thursday to appear in federal court where he faces 26 counts of hate crimes...
Jun 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Ali touts "strong" economy in first State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. -- In her first State of the City address Wednesday night, Mayor Rita Ali said Peoria's fight on crime is showing progress and the city is "strong". It's been a year since Ali became the ...
Jun 16, 2022 (25 News)
Storms overnight knock out power in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thunderstorms that rolled through the Peoria area around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, initially knocked out power for several thousand residents. As of 9:45 a.m.: Just over 194 Peoria County re...
Jun 16, 2022 Bruce Guenter / CC
U.S. President Reagan's shooter John Hinckley fully released after 41 years
(Reuters) - John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without conditions on Wednesday in compliance with a federal jud...
Jun 15, 2022 John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/File Photo
Fauci, face of U.S. battle against COVID-19, tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, a public health official who became the face of U.S. government efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Na...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci wears his mask as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the National Institutes of Health on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2022. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS
Police want help identifying armed robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police want your help identifying and finding a suspect in an armed robbery from Monday. Police responded to an unidentified business in the 3000 block of West Lincoln Avenue, no...
Jun 15, 2022 (Surveillance photos via Peoria Police)
