Category Archives: Top Stories
Top House Republican gets subpoena from U.S. Capitol riot panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressman Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, and other lawmakers received subpoenas on Thursday from the House committee investigating las...
May 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
IDOT crews spend hours repairing Wednesday road buckle on Route 6
PEORIA, Ill. -- Crews working with the Illinois Department of Transportation spent "several hours" repairing a major roadway buckle that happened late Wednesday as many local commuters were making the...
May 12, 2022 Cars drive along Tonnele Ave at the end of a road work in Union City, New Jersey, U.S. March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
McConnell says Senate needs to pass new Ukraine aid "today"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that the Senate needs to pass a new aid package for Ukraine today, after the House of Representatives this week ap...
May 12, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; monthly producer price gains slow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but there is no material shift in labor market conditions, with demand for worke...
May 12, 2022 An "Apply Now" sign stands outside the new Faccia Brutta Bar Pallino looking to hire employees on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Biden marks 1 million Americans dead from COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday commemorated the death of 1 million people in the Unites States from COVID-19, marking what he called "a tragic milestone" and urging Americans to...
May 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S. May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Fire overnight in Peoria deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded to a house fire just before 1 a.m. Thursday in the area of Haungs Avenue and NE Adams Street. Crews found smoke and fire in the front room of the home. Th...
May 12, 2022 Midwest Communications
Update: Explosion at former Peoria ADM plant; fire continues, OSHA on scene
UPDATE: 11:16 a.m. (5/12) -- Peoria Firefighters and the Peoria Fire Department HAZMAT team remained on scene of an industrial explosion at the former ADM plant in downtown Peoria Thursday morning. Cr...
May 11, 2022 (Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Luft to Chamber: The 'state of Pekin' is good
PEKIN, Ill. - "Pekin is doing really good." Those were some of the words of its Mayor -- Mark Luft -- during a Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday. Luft told the crowd things would be do...
May 11, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Felon gets federal prison on weapons charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who originally faced several state charges following an incident last September is going to federal prison for just one charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Alante Jacks...
May 11, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Man gets federal prison on child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to federal prison for fourteen years in prison for having a video containing child pornography on his cell phone. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Randall Ray IV, 3...
May 11, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
