Category Archives: Top Stories
Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion
UPDATED 1:59 P.M. (Reuters) -Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users...
Apr 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla's Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul/Pool via Reuters
State DNR: Stop using bird feeders through the end of May because of bird flu
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says if you've got a bird feeder at home, stop using it for now. It's not a requirement -- but the DNR's Chris Jacques, a wildlife dise...
Apr 25, 2022 Tim Green / CC
New York judge holds Trump in contempt for failing to comply with subpoena
(Reuters) - A New York judge on Monday held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for not producing documents subpoenaed in the state attorney general's civil probe of his business practi...
Apr 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters during the Save America Rally at the Sarasota Fairgrounds in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. July 3, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Home heavily damaged by fire in Bartonville
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A home in Bartonville could be all but a complete loss following a fire late Saturday night. Bartonville Firefighters were called to a home on Desoto Drive near Cabot Lane around 9...
Apr 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: One dead in Peoria crash Sunday night
UPDATED 2:45 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- A man from Pekin is dead after an accident on Knoxville Avenue in Peoria Sunday night. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said officers were called to the interse...
Apr 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden names veteran career diplomat Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden named veteran diplomat Bridget Brink as the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said on Monday, moving to fill a crucial position that was v...
Apr 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, healthcare and energy costs to families, at Green River College in Auburn, Washington, U.S. April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Russia warns United States against sending more arms to Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia told the United States to stop sending more arms to Ukraine, warning that large Western deliveries of weapons were inflaming the conflict and would lead to more losses, Moscow...
Apr 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Russia says it will halt hostilities to let civilians leave besieged steel plant on Monday
(Reuters) - Russia's defense ministry said its troops would halt hostilities to allow civilians to leave the besieged steel plant Azovstal in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol from 1400 Moscow time (110...
Apr 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Service members of pro-Russian troops, including fighters of the Chechen special forces unit, stand in front of the destroyed administration building of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov
Two hurt in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two people were injured in a shooting Sunday evening in Peoria. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said that officers responded to the area of Webster and Hurlburt just afte...
Apr 25, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Wanted juvenile arrested in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police arrested a juvenile with a Peoria County warrant Saturday afternoon. According to a release, Peoria police officers with the Special Investigations Division found the juvenile w...
Apr 25, 2022 MWC-PPD
