Category Archives: Top Stories

Biden will not invoke executive privilege on Trump records in Jan. 6 probe -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will not invoke executive privilege to shield former President Donald Trump's records in relation to an investigation into the deadly attack on the U.S. Capi...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and booster shots in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

U.S. border camp closed, Haitians there face mixed fates
DEL RIO, Texas (Reuters) -An impromptu border camp that roiled U.S. politics was emptied of thousands of Haitian migrants by Friday, with most remaining in the United States for now and others expelle...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 A U.S. Border Patrol agent on a raft holds a migrant child as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Pritzker signs legislative remapping into law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he's signed the new legislative maps into law that the General Assembly approved during the summer. In a news release Friday, Pritzker -- who did...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD

CDC director says she overruled advisers on boosters to protect workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said on Friday she overruled the agency's advisory committee vote against approving Pfizer/BioNTech CO...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS

Rally to address racism Saturday in Tremont
PEORIA, Ill. - Megan Rahn wants answers when it comes to race and race relations in the area. That's why she and others have organized a rally happening Saturday at 4pm in Tremont's City Park. Rahn te...
Will Stevenson Sep 24, 2021 From www.tremontil.com

South Side Mission bringing new store to South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- South Side Mission has served Peoria's 61605 neighborhoods since 1925, but they'll offer even more help starting next year. South Side Mission's Executive Director, Rev. Craig Williams...
Julia Bradley Sep 24, 2021 (South Side Mission Facebook)

Gabby Petito's boyfriend charged with using her bank card; arrest warrant issued
(Reuters) -Gabby Petito's boyfriend, whom police have sought for six days in connection with the 22-year-old travel blogger's death during their cross-country road trip, was charged on Thursday with f...
Julia Bradley Sep 24, 2021 Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on September 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS

Trump allies Bannon, Meadows subpoenaed in Congress' probe of Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has subpoenaed four former members of Donald Trump's administration, includ...
Julia Bradley Sep 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo

U.S. congressional Democrats report deal to pay for Biden spending plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday said they had reached a deal to pay for President Joe Biden's sweeping social agenda, as the White House warned federal ag...
Julia Bradley Sep 24, 2021 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer makes a statement in attendance with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before the start of Pelosi?s weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

New way to report health department data, and playing the waiting game on COVID booster shots
PEORIA, Ill. - In terms of COVID-19 local statistics, you asked for it. Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson says starting Thursday, they will have a new information g...
Will Stevenson Sep 23, 2021 Peoria City/County Health Department


