Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden seals LNG deal to help EU face energy crunch amid 'Russia's brutal war'
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will supply the European Union with more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help curb its reliance on Russian fossil fuels, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday, a...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands, during a European Union leaders summit, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to seize the capital are falling back on overextended supply lines, Britain said on...
Mar 25, 2022 A man carries belonging out of a house that was hit by bombing in a northern district of Kharkiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
West stands by Ukraine and assails Russian 'barbarism'
BRUSSELS/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Western leaders piled on military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine on Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "brute"...
Mar 24, 2022 US President Joe Biden talks with France's President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of an extraordinary summit at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/ Pool via REUTERS
State lawmakers approve big debt paydown; GOP says it's a bad plan
UPDATED 11:08 A.M. 3/25/22 Governor JB Pritzker signed the legislation Friday morning. ------------------ SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both sides are accusing the other of playing politics, now that both legis...
Mar 24, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Brazilian tech firm coming to U.S., including Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A technology firm based in Brazil is expanding to the United States, and one of the places it's coming to is Peoria. The company is called Manusis4, and it's described as specializing i...
Mar 24, 2022 Manusis4
Union to state: Home care workers need a raise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A top union leader says his men and women -- mostly women -- deserve a raise, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic showed their worth. Service Employees International Union Healt...
Mar 24, 2022 SEIU Healthcare
Caterpillar, Altorfer host equipment operating challenge
EDWARDS, Ill. - The Peoria area is one of a number of places around the world where people will compete to see who is the best of the best at operating some of Caterpillar's heavy machinery. A regiona...
Mar 24, 2022 (Lisa Miller/Caterpillar, Inc.)
West united in support for Ukraine but EU split on Russian energy ban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO offered Kyiv new military assistance and assigned more troops to its eastern flank on Thursday as London and Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow in a show of Western ...
Mar 24, 2022 A Belgian delegation welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden, who arrives to attend an extraordinary NATO summit to discuss ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Pekin man sentenced to prison for selling ice meth
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Pekin man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for methamphetamine distribution, and five years of supervised release. The U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday tha...
Mar 24, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bustos: Peoria Headstart receives $3.6 million grant
PEORIA, Ill. -- Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced on Thursday that the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in federal grant money for the city...
Mar 24, 2022 Baltimore County Government
