Category Archives: Top Stories
US payrolls benchmark revision estimate suggests labor market weaker than previously thought
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely created 911,000 fewer jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the government said on Tuesday, suggesting that job growth was alrea...
Sep 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers install windows on a nearly completed office building in San Diego, California, U.S., October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
With 50,000 Pumpkin donuts ordered, Morton's 59th Pumpkin Festival is ready to begin
MORTON, Ill. - The 59th Morton Pumpkin Festival officially kicks off Wednesday. But, Tuesday afternoon, everyone is invited to come see how big pumpkins can actually get...with the pumpkin weigh-in. "...
Sep 09, 2025 (Morton Pumpkin Festival Facebook)
Peoria Public Schools to explore purchasing Central Park Pool
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools will begin to look into a potential ownership of Central Park Pool. The PPS Board unanimously approved in its consent agenda Monday night a request to direct admin...
Sep 09, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Flag & Decorating closing after 70 years in business
PEORIA, Ill. - After 70 years in business, the Blasek family, owners of Peoria Flag and Decorating, have announced they are closing the store later this month. A Facebook post says the building has al...
Sep 09, 2025 Peoria Flag & Decorating has announced after 70 years in business, their store is closing. (Peoria Flag & Decorating Facebook page)
Israel launches attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, blasts heard in Doha
DOHA (Reuters) - Israel launched an attack on the leadership of Hamas in Qatar on Tuesday, expanding its military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where t...
Sep 09, 2025 Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Ford to recall nearly 1.5 million vehicles in US over faulty rear-view camera, NHTSA says
(Reuters) - Ford is recalling about 1.5 million vehicles in the United States due to a rear-view camera issue causing inverted, distorted, or blank image, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administr...
Sep 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Ford logo is seen on the Ford Motor World headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Teen arrested for shooting a 12-year-old in Peoria in June
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have arrested a teenager for a shooting in June that left a 12-year-old boy seriously injured. On the night of June 4th, police responded to reports of someone being shot ...
Sep 09, 2025 MWC-PPD
Trump administration says it launches ICE crackdown in Illinois
CHICAGO (Reuters) - After weeks of vowing to deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, the Trump administration said on Monday it had launched a deportation crackdown in Illinois targeti...
Sep 09, 2025 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle is parked outside the Cook County Courthouse, where Fox News was doing a ride-along on their operations in Chicago, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence and immigration enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security, in Chicago, U.S., September 8, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
House Democrats release alleged Trump birthday letter to Epstein
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday made public a birthday letter Donald Trump allegedly wrote to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than 20 years ago, though...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A protester calling for a release of the Epstein files holds a sign in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Canton man ordered detained in alleged stabbing death of elderly man
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A Canton man accused in the stabbing death of a 70-year-old man last week must remain in jail before trial. 25 News reports 38-year-old Rocky Garwood, charged with First Degree M...
Sep 08, 2025 Photo: 25 News
