Category Archives: Top Stories

UnityPoint And Sanford Health Sign Letter Of Intent
UnityPoint Health and South Dakota-based Sanford Health have announced plans to join brands. The health systems are exploring joining forces to become the destination for personalized primary care in ...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2019

Border Bill Exposes Dems' Rift Over Limits Of Fighting Trump
(AP) - Legislation to provide humanitarian aid to migrants spilling across the southwest border has exposed deep and bitter division among House Democrats. The bill the House passed Thursday dealt a b...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2019

Biden Says Harris Misrepresented Busing Stance
(AP) - Former Vice President Joe Biden says Kamala Harris mispresented his position on school busing decades ago, but he doesn't think she did it intentionally. The California senator challenged Biden...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2019

Tireless Project Returns This Weekend
Peoria's Tireless Project is back. The monthly collection of unwanted tires for Peoria residents will resume at JIMAX, located at 2000 W. Clark Street in Peoria. Hours of collection are planned for 8-...
Julia Bradley Jun 28, 2019

Peoria Nurse Adopts Child She Cared For, Makes People Magazine
A Peoria nurse adopted a child she cared for and their story will be featured in People Magazine. Registered nurse Angela Farnan has spent 32 years with the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and ne...
Jun 27, 2019 Angela Farnan

Fulton County Deputy Slaying Suspect Charged With Murder
Bond is set at $5 million dollars for the Avon man accused of fatally shooting a Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy. Nathan Woodring, 42, appeared in Fulton County court Thursday. He is charged with first...
Jun 27, 2019 Illinois State Police

Ex-Trump aide Manafort pleads not guilty in New York
By Nathan Layne and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of numerous federal crimes last year, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to residential mortg...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 27, 2019 REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Trump Tweets That Census Should Be Delayed
(AP) - President Donald Trump is suggesting the census be delayed indefinitely as he blasts a Supreme Court decision putting a hold on his administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the ...
Kristina Leahy Jun 27, 2019 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
ISP Reports False GoFundMe Accounts For Fallen Deputy
ISP Reports False GoFundMe Accounts For Fallen Deputy Illinois State Police announced Thursday that false/fraudulent GoFundMe accounts have been created for fallen Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum. Ch...
Kristina Leahy Jun 27, 2019

Services Announced For Fallen Fulton Co. Deputy
Visitation and funeral services will be held Sunday, June 30 and Monday, July 1 for 39-year-old Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum, killed in the line of duty Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Chisum was shot a...
Julia Bradley Jun 27, 2019 Illinois State Police


