Category Archives: Top Stories
Fresh effort to evacuate Mariupol civilians has begun, says Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian f...
May 06, 2022 Smoke rises above a burning oil storage in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
State honors fallen police officers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois backs the blue and honors their fallen. Eleven police officers were killed in the line of duty last year in the state. Thursday, they were honored at a memorial on the Sta...
May 05, 2022 (Illinois Police Officers Memorial)
Former VP Mike Pence to headline Lincoln Day Dinner in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Vice President will headline the annual Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day Dinner next month. The campaign of Congressman Darin LaHood says Mike Pence will give the keynote address at...
May 05, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
State receives credit rating boost as Pritzker signs pension buyout extension
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker got what he says was good news for Illinois taxpayers Thursday, as he signed a law to extend a pension buyout program for state employees. "As we've been sitti...
May 05, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Wall Street slumps as investors fear bigger Fed rate hikes
UPDATED 3:19 p.m. (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed Thursday sharply lower as investor sentiment cratered in the face of concerns that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike would not be enough to tame...
May 05, 2022 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Caterpillar acquires energy solutions company
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Formerly-Peoria-based Caterpillar has acquired a Pennsylvania-based company described as a "energy-as-a-service" company. Big Yellow says Tangent Energy Solutions is now a part of th...
May 05, 2022 Caterpillar
Peoria's "More Than Pink Walk" returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Susan G. Komen "More than Pink Walk" is back on Saturday, Mother's Day. Memorial Affiliate Executive Director Gayle Young said the event has morphed over the years from a race...
May 05, 2022 (Susan G. Komen Memorial)
Man convicted of attempted murder for hammer beating
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found guilty of charges filed last year after beating his wife repeatedly with a hammer. Peoria County Court records indicate Hakob Sahakyan, 64, was convicted Wed...
May 05, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Coroner releases name of man killed in fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- The driver who crashed into the deck of a Peoria home has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 85-year-old Richard Huizinga, of Peoria, suffered a catastrophic hea...
May 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase; productivity dives in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits increased to a more than two-month high last week, but remained at a level consistent with tightening labor market conditions and furth...
May 05, 2022 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
