Category Archives: Top Stories
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
G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -Group of Seven (G7) nations committed on Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil and the United States unveiled sanctions against Gazprombank executives and other...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on economic growth, jobs, and deficit reduction in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
I-DOT debuts new highway map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The newest Illinois highway map is available now. While most of us use our smartphones for directions, paper maps can still be a good resource on the road, according to State Depa...
May 09, 2022 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill, Schumer says
(Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law on Wednesday in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its land...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Protestors supporting reproductive rights demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Sixty feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, governor says
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said ...
May 08, 2022
Jill Biden meets Ukrainian refugee mothers and teachers in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Sitting in a classroom in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, U.S. first lady Jill Biden met a group of Ukrainian refugee mothers and educators on Saturday, praising the women for...
May 07, 2022 U.S. first lady Jill Biden and Romania's first lady Carmen Johannis visit the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest, Romania, May 7, 2022. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS
ISU Board approves tuition hike
NORMAL, Ill. - It's graduation weekend at Illinois State University, but it will cost you more to graduate from there in four years. The ISU Board of Trustees voted Friday to increase tuition by aroun...
May 07, 2022 (Illinois State University)
