Category Archives: Top Stories
Attorneys enter not guilty plea for man accused of killing grandmother
PEORIA, Ill. -- Lawyers have entered a not guilty plea for a man accused of beating his grandmother to death with a hammer in her West Peoria home last month. 28-year-old accused killer Cody Krause di...
May 02, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Bridge lighting raises awareness about mental health
PEORIA, Ill. -- In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, UnityPoint Health-Central Illinois is lighting up the Murray Baker Bridge in green lights this week. From May 1 through May 4, green li...
May 02, 2022 (Light It Up --The Murray Baker Bridge Facebook)
U.S. judge rejects RNC request to shelve subpoena against email vendor
(Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge dismissed a request by the Republican National Committee to block a subpoena asking its email vendor to release records to the congressional panel investigating the Jan...
May 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
PCAPS promote free adoptions this week with "Empty the Shelters"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Spring and summer months mean a full house at Peoria County's animal shelter. PCAPS Director Becky Spencer said that's especially true because they are an open admission shelter. "We d...
May 02, 2022 Jennifer C. / CC
Ukraine evacuees head to safety after ordeal in Mariupol steel works
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) - The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to reach the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday after cowerin...
May 02, 2022 A bus convoy carrying civilians from Mariupol, including evacuees from Azovstal steel plant, is seen on a road on the way to Zaporizhzhia, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Pritzker optimistic despite COVID case increase statewide -- including in potential vaccine for young children
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health reports another, for them, somewhat concerning increase in the number of COVID-19 cases statewide. The state saw more than 26,000 new cases...
May 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria Public Library branch to temporarily close starting Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - One Peoria Public Library branch will be closed starting Monday, in order to make some necessary repairs. The library says the McClure branch will be closed for the next three weeks, in...
May 01, 2022 Peoria Public Library via Facebook
Peoria may have been the calm before Saturday's storms
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria area got lucky Saturday, when a round of strong to severe thunderstorms seemed to pick up strength as they crossed the Illinois River and left here. The National Weather Serv...
May 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden praises reporters in Ukraine as White House press dinner resumes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden praised journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he resumed a Washington tradition of speaking at the White House Correspondents Associati...
May 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with small business owners to discuss the small businesses boom in the South Court Auditorium at the White House Complex in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Speaker Pelosi visits Kyiv, Russia says it hit foreign weapons
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv to vow continued support for Ukraine's fight against Russia, as Moscow said it ha...
May 01, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) the 'Order of Princess Olga' medal after their meeting, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 30, 2022. Picture taken April 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
