Category Archives: Top Stories
Putin calls off plan to storm Mariupol plant, opts for blockade instead
(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin called off plans for the Russian military to storm the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said on Thursday he wanted Ukrainia...
Apr 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Azovstal steelworks, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image obtained from a recent drone video posted on social media. MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL/via REUTERS
No injuries and three dogs rescued after kitchen fire in Dunlap
PEORIA, Ill. -- Three dogs are rescued but a north Peoria home is badly damaged following a kitchen fire this (Wednesday) afternoon. Peoria Firefighters say around 3:30 p.m. they were called out to a ...
Apr 20, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. Justice Department appeals transportation mask ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes, a spokesman said, after the Centers for Disease C...
Apr 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing masks and not wearing masks wait in line at a Delta Airlines counter, after a federal judge in Florida struck down the CDC's public transportation masking order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention efforts, at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Deal approved between AFSCME, ISU
NORMAL, Ill. - Union harmony is once again in place at Illinois State University. 25 News reports more than 92 percent of the 350 workers represented by AFSCME Local 1110 have approved a new union con...
Apr 20, 2022 (25 News)
Pekin council overwhelmingly rejects city manager proposal for water rate hikes
PEKIN, Ill. -- The primary takeaway for water and sewer utility customers in Pekin is their rates will remain the same, however the relationship between local elected leaders and Pekin's appointed Cit...
Apr 20, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Johnny Depp testifies that ex-wife bullied him, turned violent
(Reuters) -Actor Johnny Depp, testifying in a defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard, said on Wednesday that she was the one who became violent when their relationship soured, at one poin...
Apr 20, 2022 Actor Johnny Depp testifies, as a picture of an injury to his face is seen on a screen, during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
IDOT: Littering costs taxpayers millions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Every time you chuck some garbage out your car's window while you're cruising down the highway, it costs you. And your neighbor. That's according to the Illinois Department of Tran...
Apr 20, 2022 NCDOTcommunications / CC
ISBE: Illinois adds more teachers in the last year than the past five years combined
PEORIA, Ill. -- A new state report shows Illinois added more teachers in the past year than it did the prior five years combined. Preliminary data included in a report from the Illinois State Board of...
Apr 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Koehler reacts to Governor signing budget
PEORIA, Ill. - He says there are some things he didn't like about the state budget Governor JB Pritzker signed in to law Tuesday. But, on the whole, Peoria State Senator Dave Koehler thinks the spendi...
Apr 20, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. top diplomat Blinken seeks cooperation on migration at Panama summit
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for more regional cooperation to help communities strained by inflows of refugees and migrants, as he sought to rally...
Apr 20, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks next to Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes during a news conference on the Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection in Panama City, Panama, April 20, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
