Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. Democrats to start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Democrats will bring their push to protect U.S. voting rights to the floor of the Senate this week, where it is roundly expected to fail in the face of uni...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) gestures as he speaks with the media following Senate Democratic lunch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Stabbing leaves one injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man is in stable condition after being stabbed in Peoria. Police Sgt. Amy Dotson said officers responded to a call on W. Millman, near House of Hope Peoria and W. Howett, for a repor...
Jan 18, 2022 MWC-PPD
US senators promise solidarity and weapons for Ukraine in warning to Putin
KYIV (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of United States senators promised solidarity and weapons on a visit to Kyiv on Monday while warning Russian President Vladimir Putin against launching a new milita...
Jan 17, 2022 U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Rob Portman (R-OH), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) attend a news briefing following their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Lawsuit against Amazon filed in tornado swarm that left 6 dead in Illinois warehouse
(Reuters) - The family of an Amazon.com delivery truck driver in Illinois who died in December when a warehouse was destroyed by a swarm of tornadoes that killed six people there, filed a lawsuit agai...
Jan 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Amazon crew on lifts document the damage from the tornado that hit an Amazon distribution centre where the roof collapsed in Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
Mayor, Police Chief reflect on MLK Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali says the city is continuing to do what it can in order to keep Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior's legacy -- and dream -- alive. "I think the city is on the right ...
Jan 17, 2022 pingnews.com
Mother of Trayvon Martin calls for change, activism in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of Trayvon Martin is continuing her call to reform what she calls the "injustice system." "Look at the statistics. Look at the numbers," said Sybrina Fulton. "Look at how man...
Jan 17, 2022 Sybrina Fulton, center in purple, is seen with Mayor Rita Ali and members of the Peoria Police Department, among others. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Aurora Mayor 8th Republican to announce run for Illinois Governor
AURORA, Ill. - Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin is joining a growing field of Republicans looking to be the next Governor of Illinois. Irvin, announcing his campaign in an online video, is like the other Re...
Jan 17, 2022 State Rep. Avery Bourne and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (from www.irvinbourne.com)
Family of Martin Luther King Jr. leads Washington march for voting rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Descendants of the slain civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and their supporters plan to march on Washington on Monday to urge President Joe Biden and his fellow ...
Jan 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Yolanda King is embraced by her parents, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, after delivering remarks at the 'March On For Voting Rights' rally in Washington, U.S. August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
White House: Website will help Americans get at-home tests
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX News) -- In the coming days, the White House is expected to launch a website that will allow Americans the ability to order free, at-home rapid COVID-19 tests. This comes after t...
Jan 17, 2022 Midwest Communications
Illinois honors Muhammad Ali with a holiday
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois on Monday is celebrating not only Martin Luther King Day, but for the first time, Muhammad Ali Day. The resolution to make January 17, Muhammad Ali's birthday, a state holida...
Jan 17, 2022 7beachbum / CC
