Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump hopes North Carolina speech will bolster standing on US economy
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to the "battleground" state of North Carolina on Friday, seeking to convince Americans that his handling of the eco...
Dec 20, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump reacts at Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
Arson to blame for fire in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Friday afternoon that caused $75,000 damage to a vacant home in Peoria's East Bluff. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin said crews responded to the...
Dec 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Peoria Firefighters Local 50)
Woman charged in friend's shooting death claims it was 'horrific accident'
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News)- The attorney for a young woman charged with shooting her friend to death near Peoria's Riverfront is asking that his client be released from jail before trial, claiming the tee...
Dec 19, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
US Epstein files release highlights Clinton, makes scant reference to Trump
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that ...
Dec 19, 2025 A newly-released unsealed indictment of disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this handout image released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Four juveniles arrested after stolen vehicle abandoned on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - Four teenagers are facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle Thursday evening and fleeing from police on foot. On December 18, 2025, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Peoria ...
Dec 19, 2025
US farm agency unlikely to issue more farm aid, says official
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not considering issuing more farm aid beyond its recently announced $12 billion package meant to help farmers weather poor economic...
Dec 19, 2025 A combine harvests wheat in Kremlin, Oklahoma, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Rubio says not concerned about escalation with Russia over Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday told reporters that the United States is not concerned about an escalation with Russia when it comes to Venezuela, as Presi...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds his end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Trump, nine pharmaceutical companies strike deal to cut prices
Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTES/Evelyn Hockstein
As state regulators warn of impending energy shortfalls, capacity prices rise again
Article Summary A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state by 2031 if lawmakers and grid operators don't act. The sho...
Dec 19, 2025 Power lines carry electricity over fields near Glasford. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump said he has no bigger healthcare plans: Obamacare will 'repeal itself'
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he does not plan to unveil a broader healthcare overhaul and that there was no need to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provides ac...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
