Category Archives: Top Stories
CBS News to lay off 6% of workforce, source says
March 20 (Reuters) - CBS News will lay off about 6% of its workforce, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, in the latest move under new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss to revamp the network and ...
Mar 20, 2026 People walk outside the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th St. in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Iowa man arrested for allegedly stabbing aunt in Pekin home
PEKIN, Ill. - An Iowa man is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly stabbing his aunt and attacking a Pekin Police sergeant. 25 News reports 18-year-old Adam Stiltz was taken to the Tazewel...
Mar 20, 2026
Update: Dunlap High School bomb threat deemed 'swatting' incident
DUNLAP, Ill. -The Peoria County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a bomb threat called into Dunlap High School on Friday afternoon is believed to be part of a nationwide "swatting" trend targeting schoo...
Mar 20, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Peoria Park District debuts new sculpture at Upper Laura Bradley Park that honors indigenous people
PEORIA, Ill. - A sculpture that honors Peoria's connections to those who tended the land before European settlers arrived is now available for the public's eye. On Friday morning, a ribbon cutting cer...
Mar 20, 2026 Artist Preston Jackson speaks at a ceremony for the unveiling of his statue at Upper Laura Bradley Park, entitled "Never Extinct: A Pictorial History of Indigenous People." (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US to deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The United States military is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. The deployments of...
Mar 20, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Navy sailor signals an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran at an undisclosed location March 4, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS / File Photo
Chuck Norris, macho star of 'Walker, Texas Ranger', dies at 86
Updated at 9:52 a.m. By Patricia Reaney March 20 (Reuters) - Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in "Code of Silence," "Missing in Action"...
Mar 20, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Nov 15, 2018; Houston, TX, USA; Move and television actor Chuck Norris watches during a game between the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports/File photo
'Illinois farmers can feed Illinois': State grant program offers assistance
Article Summary Illinois food producers and businesses can apply for a share of $3.6 million through the Illinois Department of Agriculture as part of a grant program to support local food infrastruct...
Mar 20, 2026 Traci Barkley, director of Sola Gratia Farm, watches as staff load produce into the farm’s
refrigerated delivery van, which was purchased with the support of funding from the Illinois’
Local Food Infrastructure Grant program. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Iran hits Kuwait refinery, Israel kills Iranian Guards spokesman as war rages on
By Alexander Cornwell, Jana Choukeir and Trevor Hunnicutt TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - Iran attacked an oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday and Israel killed a spokesman of Iran's Revo...
Mar 20, 2026 CCTV footage shows smoke rising from Israel's Haifa refinery after a reported Iranian attack, in Haifa, Israel, March 19, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this screengrab from video obtained from social media. Social Media/via REUTERS
Oil up despite efforts by US, allies to boost supply and open Strait of Hormuz
By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Oil prices gained on Friday despite leading European nations, Japan and Canada offering to join efforts to secure safe passage for ships through the St...
Mar 20, 2026 A pump jack operates outside of Midland, Texas, U.S. June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Eli Hartman
Dog dies in Bartonville house fire
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a working fire in Bartonville Thursday afternoon in the area of Peru Avenue and Adams Street. Fire Chief Drew Zachman said crews arrived around 4:30 p.m...
Mar 20, 2026 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Mike Sabol)
