Category Archives: Top Stories
Rivermen blank Knoxville to advance to SPHL President's Cup Finals
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen will play for the Cup. The Rivermen defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears at Carver Arena on Sunday, 1-0, to win the best-of-five series in the SPHL President's Cup semif...
Apr 26, 2026 (Peoria Rivermen)
Multiple injuries after three shooting incidents Sunday in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple injuries were reported after three separate shooting incidents Sunday in Peoria. Peoria Police says two teenage boys suffered non-life threatening injuries after reportedly bei...
Apr 26, 2026
White House dinner shooting prompts scrutiny of Trump security arrangements
By Jana Winter, Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials are reassessing security arrangements after a gunman opened fire near the White House Co...
Apr 26, 2026
US negotiators to go to Islamabad, but Iran says no direct talks
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators are scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Saturday, but Iran said its officials did not plan to meet the Americans to discuss ending the war th...
Apr 25, 2026 The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this image obtained by Reuters on April 24, 2026. Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Mid-May ruling set for special prosecutor demand to investigate alleged 'Operation Midway Blitz' abuses
Article Summary Cook County Judge Erica Reddick on Friday heard arguments for and against appointing a special prosecutor to investigate alleged wrongdoing by federal immigration agents during last fa...
Apr 25, 2026 The Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
US appeals court allows Texas to enforce migrant arrest law
By Nate Raymond April 24 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people su...
Apr 24, 2026
Peoria man sentenced to 13 years for sexual assault of teen relative
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage relative. Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Gibson received a 13-year sen...
Apr 24, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Fire Department debuts new Station 16
PEORIA, Ill. - The public got its first eyes inside the newest fire station for the Peoria Fire Department. Fire Station 16 on Northmoor Road has been operational for about a month and a half. But on ...
Apr 24, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois launches online resources for households on federal food assistance
Article Summary Illinois launched two websites last week that share various work, training and volunteer opportunities that meet federal food assistance work requirements. The sites are free and avail...
Apr 24, 2026 A person types on a laptop. (Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash)
UN says Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah rockets into Israel may breach international law
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in Lebano...
Apr 24, 2026
