Category Archives: Top Stories
Morton fire sends one to the hospital
MORTON, Ill. -- One person was injured late Tuesday morning in a house fire in Morton. The fire, that also left a dog dead, happened just before noon near the intersection of Clark and McArthur, just ...
Dec 01, 2021 (25 News)
Michigan teen charged with 1st-degree murder, held without bond in shooting spree
(Reuters) -A Michigan teenager was ordered held without bond on Wednesday after being charged with first-degree murder in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of the year, which killed four students and...
Dec 01, 2021 Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly shooting where at least three were killed and six were wounded at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Detroit, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Seth Herald
Keith Urban announces stop in Peoria next year
PEORIA, Ill. -- Country music superstar Keith Urban is getting back on the road. Urban is now announcing concert dates for his 'The Speed of Now World Tour', with a stop in Peoria next November. The s...
Dec 01, 2021
Air travelers to U.S. set to face tougher COVID-19 testing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is moving to require that all air travelers entering the country show a negative COVID-19 test performed within one day of departure in response to concerns about a new ...
Dec 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Travellers check a departures list at the ticketing level of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before the Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
CNN's Chris Cuomo suspended over role in ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sex scandal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -CNN on Tuesday suspended its top news anchor, Chris Cuomo, for his role in defending his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, over sexual harassment allegations. The ...
Dec 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: CNN television news anchor Chris Cuomo poses as he arrives at the WarnerMedia Upfront event in New York City, New York, U.S., May 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Peoria County Sheriff: I'm not running again
UPDATED 5:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says after one full term ending next year, and the completion of another, he won't seek reelection. Asbell told the decision to a sp...
Nov 30, 2021 Peoria County via YouTube
Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate contest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a U.S. Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the most competiti...
Nov 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Mehmet Oz, Host of the Dr. Oz Show and Professor of Surgery, Columbia University, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases in Tri-Counties; boosters urged
PEORIA, Ill. - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region keeps going sharply higher. Authorities say the area now averages more than 1,000 new cases per week -- which means on...
Nov 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Unique "Baby Shark Live!" stage show coming to Peoria Civic Center
Peoria, Ill -- Who knew a single children's song could spark an entire traveling stage show? That's exactly what's happened with the group Pinkfong and its hit song "Baby Shark" and the new production...
Nov 30, 2021
Former Peoria City Clerk Mary Haynes passes away
UPDATED 1:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A highly-respected figure in Peoria city government for a number of years has passed away. Mary Haynes died late Friday night at her Peoria home. She was 79. She was P...
Nov 30, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Gary Deiters Funeral Home
