Category Archives: Top Stories
Bears CEO: Arlington Heights only viable option for new stadium
The Chicago Bears will open their season on "Monday Night Football" against the division rival Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field, but the historic stadium's days as the Bears' home may be numbered. I...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Aug 22, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; A general view of a Chicago Bears helmet against the Kansas City Chiefs during the second half of the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images/File Photo
Man arrested after allegedly firing weapon during argument in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested Sunday after allegedly firing a weapon during an argument in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officers made contact with an adult female in the area of Ann and Larami...
Sep 08, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
US appeals court rejects states' lawsuit over Trump mass firings
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that 19 mostly Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., cannot pursue a legal challenge to the mass firings of 25,000 recently hired federal workers...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Labor union members hold placards on the day of a rally in support of federal workers during a rush hour protest outside the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo/File Photo
Trump fails to overturn E. Jean Carroll's $83 million verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday refused to throw out an $83.3 million jury verdict against U.S. President Donald Trump for damaging the reputation of the writer E. Jean Carroll ...
Sep 08, 2025 A demonstrator holds up a sign behind writer E. Jean Carroll as she leaves the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where former U.S. President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her, who accused Trump of raping her nearly three decades ago, in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with raids in Southern California targeting peop...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Shots fired at vehicle in West Peoria early Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after shots were fired in West Peoria early Monday morning. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies made contact with a person at around 5:00 A.M....
Sep 08, 2025
Fire caused $60,000 damage to a Peoria home Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a residential fire Sunday afternoon on W. St. James Street. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said crews arrived just before 3 p.m., finding ...
Sep 08, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices dip slightly in the Peoria area in the past week
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a tad cheaper to fill up your car in the Peoria area. GasBuddy reports a drop of 0.9 cents in the average price of a gallon of unleaded, to $3.35/g on Monday. Triple A is reporting...
Sep 08, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
'Best I walk alone:' Alleged Trump would-be assassin prepares to defend himself at trial
FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -The man accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course goes on trial beginning on Monday and, facing the prospect of life in ...
Sep 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Ryan W. Routh poses in a jail booking photograph in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. February 10, 2010. Guilford County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Chicago protesters defiant in face of Trump's deportation threats
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Several thousand demonstrators marched past Trump Tower as the sun began to set in downtown Chicago on Saturday, protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to flood the city w...
Sep 08, 2025 A Mexican-American flag flies as a parade participant on horseback flies a city of Chicago flag while Chicago's Mexican community proceeds with a Mexican Independence Day parade after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
