Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. has no strategy of regime change in Russia, Blinken says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States has no strategy of regime change for Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Sunday after President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimi...
Mar 27, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, March 27, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
Ukrainian president calls on energy producers to hike output
DOHA (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on energy producing countries on Saturday to increase output so that Russia cannot use its oil and gas wealth to "blackmail" other natio...
Mar 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the Ukrainian people, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Teen injured in Friday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager injured. Police say they went to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center around 5:30 p.m. Friday, after someone dropped off an 1...
Mar 26, 2022 Midwest Communications
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies, aged 50
(Reuters) -Taylor Hawkins, the drummer of American rock band Foo Fighters, has died aged 50, the band announced late on Friday. The band did not give a cause of death. Variety reported that the band h...
Mar 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters arrive at the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
No injuries reported after car slams into Peoria bar
UPDATED 6:00 a.m. 3/26/22 PEORIA, Ill. - There are no injuries reported in the wake of a crash involving a vehicle that slammed through the front of a Peoria area bar late Friday. First responders ini...
Mar 25, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
At least one person injured in afternoon Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person is injured in the wake of a fire that struck at home in Peoria late Friday. Fire crews say they responded to the home near West Kneer Avenue and West Krause Avenue on Peoria...
Mar 25, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Duckworth introduces bill to address gas price gouging during world crises
WASHINGTON, D.C. - If you think the price of gas is way too high, despite the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, one of Illinois's Senators says she has your back. Illinois Democratic Senator Tam...
Mar 25, 2022 (Sen. Tammy Duckworth)
In Poland, Biden visits U.S. troops on NATO eastern flank
RZESZOW, Poland (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday got a firsthand look at international efforts to help some of the millions of Ukrainian war refugees in Poland, and spoke to American tro...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at the G2 Arena in Jasionka, near Rzeszow, Poland, March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Man pleads not guilty to arson, home invasion, battery charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has entered not guilty pleas to charges accusing him of assaulting a woman, and causing a fire. Peoria County Court records indicate William Drummond, 51, entered the pleas...
Mar 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Emiquon Preserve open to public again following bird flu concern
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A Fulton County nature preserve closed when a dead bird was found to have a form of avian influenza is now back open again. The Nature Conservancy operates the Emiquon Preserve in Fu...
Mar 25, 2022 (Illinois Office of Tourism)
