Category Archives: Top Stories
Reditus placed in receivership; media request to unseal documents unresolved
PEKIN, Ill. - One item in the civil lawsuits against Reditus Labs and CEO Aaron Rossi is partially resolved, while one is not. A Tazewell County judge Thursday approved putting Pekin-based Reditus in ...
Apr 14, 2022 (Reditus Labs)
Police find suspect with 32 grams of cocaine, gun, cash in east Washington
PEORIA, Ill. -- Police in Washington are announcing a sifnificant drug bust from earlier Thursday. Police there say local officers and the Peoria Multi-County Narcotics team executed a search warrant ...
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New York subway shooting suspect to remain in jail, receive psychiatric evaluation
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge ordered the man accused of this week's mass shooting in a New York City subway car to remain in custody on Thursday after prosecutors said his "terrifying" att...
Apr 14, 2022 Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting walks outside a police precinct in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Parents arraigned on death of Navin Jones
PEORIA, Ill. - The two parents accused of killing eight-year-old Navin Jones last month through beating and malnourishment have pleaded not guilty to murder counts. Stephanie Jones, 35, and Brandon Wa...
Apr 14, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
PPD: Teens wanted for Hedgehill Apartments shooting that injured two
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria police are now identifying two suspects connected to a shooting which left two people wounded at the Hedgehill Apartment complex in North Peoria. It happened around 7:25 p.m. Tu...
Apr 14, 2022 Jontarique White and Jahmahn Williams (Peoria Police photos)
Light up the Murray Baker Bridge to help keep it lit
PEORIA, Ill. -- You've probably seen the light show on the Murray Baker Bridge while driving around downtown Peoria or East Peoria at night. Maybe you've wondered what the colors signify, or who's in ...
Apr 14, 2022 (City of Peoria)
UPDATE: Arrest made during homicide investigation in West Peoria
UPDATED 5:42 p.m. WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says they've arrested a 73-year-old woman's grandson for allegedly causing her death Thursday morning. Deputies say Cody Kra...
Apr 14, 2022 Midwest Communications
Elon Musk targets Twitter with $41 billion cash takeover offer
(Reuters) -Elon Musk took aim at Twitter with a $41 billion cash offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur saying the social media giant needs to be taken private to grow and ...
Apr 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
U.S. gives Ukraine $800 million more in military aid, adds heavy weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, expanding the scope of the systems provided to include heavy artille...
Apr 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the United States' response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and warns CEOs about potential cyber attacks from Russia at Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington, DC, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Texas governor snarls border traffic, buses migrants in effort to pressure White House
(Reuters) -A federal-state dispute over U.S. immigration policy heated up on Wednesday, as the White House lambasted Texas' governor over state inspections that have snarled truck traffic from Mexico,...
Apr 14, 2022 Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States as Mexican truck drivers block the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, to protest truck inspections imposed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
