Category Archives: Top Stories
Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81
KINGSTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died, his wife Latifa Chambers annou...
Nov 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff performs during the 10th Mawazine World Rhythms international music festival in Rabat May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices dip slightly ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's gas prices have dropped 1.7 cents in the last week, averaging $3.17 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 7.1 c...
Nov 24, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump administration cannot expand rapid deportations, US appeals court rules
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to clear the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to expand a fast-track deportation process to allow for the expedited removal ...
Nov 24, 2025 The entrance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office stands behind fences outside 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Record US Black Friday crowds to find fewer bargains amid high prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Unprecedented numbers of Americans are expected to hit stores this Black Friday, but they are likely to curtail their spending as they find fewer bargains from tariff-hit retailers...
Nov 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A shopper walks past an advertisement for Black Friday sales displayed in a store window at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Fire causes $100,000 damage to Morton business
MORTON, Ill. (25 News) - A fire at a Morton bakery Sunday evening caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, but the business plans to fulfill Thanksgiving orders despite the setback. 25 News reports a p...
Nov 23, 2025 Great Harvest Bread Co.
17-year-old dies after shooting at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager has died after being shot at a Peoria apartment complex late Saturday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to reports of two gunshot victims at the Lexington Hills Ap...
Nov 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Update: Fire at Sigma Nu frat house intentionally set, but it was not arson
Updated at 7:28 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A fire Saturday morning at Bradley University's Sigma Nu fraternity house was intentionally set, but was not arson, according to an official with the Peor...
Nov 22, 2025 Midwest Communications
Peoria fire sends one person to the hospital Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Wyoming Street, between Oregon and Ligonier, Saturday morning for a fire that sent one person to the hospital. Fire Battalion Chief Josh ...
Nov 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources
Story Summary School officials and education advocates have requested funding increases totaling $747.99 million for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1. The biggest items on the list includ...
Nov 22, 2025
Members of the Illinois State Board of Education and Superintendent Tony Sanders are pictured at a 2023 board meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump lavishes praise on New York's mayor-elect Mamdani at warm White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After months of trading insults, U.S. President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate ...
Nov 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speak to members of the media as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
