Category Archives: Top Stories

Judiciary hearing sets stage for impeachment charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing ahead with articles of impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee convenes Monday to formally receive the investigative findings against President Donald Trump as the White H...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2019 Constitutional law experts, from left, Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman, Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan, University of North Carolina Law School professor Michael Gerhardt and George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, are sworn in to testify during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Caroll Spinney, voice of Sesame Street's Big Bird, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ironically the day "Sesame Street" received its Kennedy Center Honor, the man who gave voice to two of the most popular characters on the children's TV series has died. The Sesame W...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2019 Caroll Spinney with 'Big Bird' during Florida Supercon at the Broward County Convention Center on Friday, July 13, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Photo by Michele Eve Sandberg/Invision/AP).
Car crashes into East Peoria OSF Urgo location
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A vehicle crashed Sunday morning into the East Peoria OSF Urgo location, at 133 Spinder Drive in the Levee District. East Peoria Police said a 22-year-old woman, who was feeling i...
Julia Bradley Dec 09, 2019

Federal officials reviewing Wrigley Field wheelchair access
CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal officials are investigating whether the Chicago Cubs' ongoing $1 billion renovation of Wrigley Field provides adequate wheelchair access. The Cubs have filed notice of the revi...
Dalton Kemper Dec 08, 2019 AP Photo/LM Otero

Update: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A U.S. official says the Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a Florida naval base had hosted a dinner party earlier in the week to watch videos of mass shootings. Th...
Dalton Kemper Dec 07, 2019 AP Photo/Brendan Farrington

Ceremony commemorates 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Survivors and members of the public are expected to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed the Hawaii naval base 78 years ago and launc...
Julia Bradley Dec 07, 2019 The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu. A U.S. sailor shot and wounded several civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard Wednesday before taking their own life, the military said. The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Naval base shooter investigated for possible terrorism links
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - US officials investigating the deadly attack by a Saudi aviation student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida are trying to determine whether it was motivated by terror...
Julia Bradley Dec 07, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson

House fire displaces Peoria family
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 9:30 p.m. Friday to a home in the 3000 block of W. Ann on reports of a fire. Crews found heavy smoke pouring out the front of the home. Peor...
Julia Bradley Dec 07, 2019 Midwest Communications

Final suspect sentenced for Peoria teen's 2015 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Samuel Clay Junior, 23, was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison, after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in connection with the 2015 shooting death of 14-year-old Tommie Fore...
Julia Bradley Dec 07, 2019 Peoria County Jail

Peoria Public Library offers new streaming services
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Library will launch free digital streaming services on Monday, December 9, as a gift to the community. Library Public Relations Manager Jennifer Davis said the stream...
Mike Sabol Dec 07, 2019 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library


