Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. Congress plans nearly $40 billion more for Ukraine, COVID aid to wait
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional Democrats agreed to rush $39.8 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, two sources familiar with the proposal said on Monday, easing fears a delayed vote could ...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A bird flies by the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Former Morton K-Mart to become U-Haul Self Storage
MORTON, Ill. - Another former K-Mart store in the area is getting new life as a U-Haul Self-Storage facility. The former U-Haul in Morton on West Jackson is set to become a U-Haul Self Storage facilit...
May 09, 2022 (U-Haul submitted photo)
Man reported missing from Woodford County found in Tennessee
MINONK, Ill. - A man who had been missing since last Wednesday, when he escaped from a transport van in Woodford County, has been found in Tennessee. That's according to Illinois State Police. They sa...
May 09, 2022 (Illinois State Police)
Pekin Marigold Festival to Celebrate 50 Years
PEKIN, Ill. - The "Marigold Capital of the World" will be marking an important anniversary later this year. The Pekin Chamber of Commerce says the annual Pekin Marigold Festival marks its 50th anniver...
May 09, 2022 Pekin Marigold Festival
American Red Cross workers, including in Peoria, protest treatment
PEORIA, Ill. - Workers across the country representing the American Red Cross -- including here in Peoria -- say they're not being treated like the frontline workers that they are. Workers in Peoria h...
May 09, 2022 (American Red Cross)
Tribute to Dan Fogelberg planned starting September 30
PEORIA, Ill. - A special tribute to one of Peoria's favorite native sons will come to Peoria in a few months. The Scottish Rite Theatre, the Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts, and the...
May 09, 2022 (KDB Group)
Putin announces no new escalation on long awaited Victory Day
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday, but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he mig...
May 09, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian Land Forces Oleg Salyukov drive Aurus cabriolets during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Led Zeppelin tribute, improv comedy shows both coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - Two shows that get rave reviews are coming to the Peoria Civic Center Theater later this year. "Get The Led Out" -- referred by some as "The American Led Zeppelin" -- will be returning ...
May 09, 2022 (Peoria Civic Center)
UPDATE: Man found dead in Peoria alley now investigated as homicide
UPDATED 3:47 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's coroner says the death of a West Peoria man, found in the East Bluff neighborhood early Monday morning, is now being investigated as a homicide. Jamie ...
May 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
Wisconsin anti-abortion center targeted by arson, police say
(Reuters) - The office of a conservative Wisconsin anti-abortion group was set on fire on Sunday, police said, days after it emerged that the Supreme Court is poised to reverse a landmark decision ens...
May 09, 2022 A threat is spray painted on the building wall near Wisconsin Family Action's offices in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. May 8, 2022. Molly Beck/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
