Category Archives: Top Stories
Backing Trump foe, Pence asks Republicans to focus on the future
KENNESAW, Ga. (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for one of his ex-boss' nemeses on Monday night in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, urging voters not to dwell on t...
May 24, 2022 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a rally for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, ahead of the state's Republican primary, in Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
WHO says monkeypox outbreak 'containable', confirms 131 cases outside Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first was reported on May 7 outside the c...
May 24, 2022 Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Man pleads not guilty in death of Knox County Sheriffs Deputy
CAMBRIDGE, Ill. - A man from Granite City has officially entered a not guilty plea and a demand for a jury trial, after being charged with the murder of a sheriffs deputy from Knox County late last mo...
May 23, 2022 (Illinois State Police)
Indiana man dead following rural Tazewell County crash
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A man from Indiana is dead following a Saturday night crash in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says James Bachman, 76, of Fisher, Indiana died, based o...
May 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
Who was that masked man making kids at OSF Children's Hospital smile?
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a bird...it's a plane...it's a...window cleaner? But not just any window cleaners. These are super heroes. The employees of Clearly Windows, after a COVID-19-caused hiatus, are onc...
May 23, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Oak Ridge Boys to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A group that could arguably be called country music royalty is coming to Peoria to perform close to Thanksgiving. The Oak Ridge Boys will perform in the Peoria Civic Center Theatre Nove...
May 23, 2022 cdnmusicdiva / CC
White House considers tapping emergency diesel reserve to ease supply crunch
TOKYO (Reuters) -The White House is weighing an emergency declaration to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile in a bid to address a major supply crunch and blunt rising prices, an administratio...
May 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks for crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and other refined petroleum products are seen at the Kinder Morgan Terminal, viewed from the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
World faces a turning point, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns leaders at Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders meeting at Davos on Monday that the world faces a turning point and has to ratchet up sanctions again...
May 23, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is seen on a screen as he delivers a video address to the delegates of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Gladys Knight to perform at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill - A music and R&B legend will be coming to the Peoria Civic Center in a couple months. Gladys Knight will be performing at the Peoria Civic Center Theatre on August 2, with tickets goi...
May 23, 2022 (From a Peoria Civic Center news release)
Motorcyclist killed in Sunday crash in Pekin -- Police
PEKIN, Ill. -- We're learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash over the weekend in Pekin. Local police say they responded to the area of Veterans Drive and Towerline Road near the Walmart, where th...
May 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
