Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: 911 calls being re-routed in Fulton County
UPDATED 5:30 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - Canton Police says there's no timeframe for when Fulton County's 911 service will be fully operational. The service went down on Thursday for the entire county. Canton...
Sep 25, 2025 (Fulton County ESDA)
Hearing held for proposed business development district at Peoria's Glen Hollow
PEORIA, Ill. - There were not many voices Tuesday night, but they were against a proposed sales tax for Peoria's Glen Hollow shopping center. The proposal would create a business development district ...
Sep 25, 2025 (D. Joseph Construction)
Suspect in Dallas shooting researched ICE facilities, tracked agents, FBI says
(Reuters) -The suspected gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas had searched for apps in August that track the location of ICE agents and had downloade...
Sep 25, 2025 Law enforcement personnel respond at the scene of a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jeffrey McWhorter
Judge rules feds can't block Illinois' disaster funding in response to immigration laws
Article Summary Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order barring the Trump administration from withholding federal emergency funding for Illinois because it is a "sanctuary state." A ju...
Sep 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Deputy injured after crash in Tazewell County early Thursday morning
GREEN VALLEY, Ill. - A Tazewell County Sheriff's deputy was injured after a crash early Thursday morning in rural Green Valley. The sheriff's office says the deputy's vehicle was parked southbound alo...
Sep 25, 2025 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pipe burst at Tazewell County animal shelter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County animal shelter is asking for help after a pipe burst overnight. In a Facebook post, TAPS in Pekin says its building was flooded after the pipe burst sometime between We...
Sep 25, 2025 (TAPS Pekin)
Doctors dismiss Trump's warnings, reassure pregnant women Tylenol is OK if needed
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Doctors are already facing worried women asking whether taking Tylenol during pregnancy can cause autism in their children just days after U.S. President Donald Trump urged women to...
Sep 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Tylenol is displayed for sale at a pharmacy in New York City, New York, U.S., September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
US economy grows at fastest pace in nearly two years in second quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the second quarter amid strong consumer spending and business investment, though momentum appears to have ebbed against ...
Sep 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A woman carries shopping bags in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Sean 'Diddy' Combs due back in court in bid to toss conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs is due to appear in court on Thursday for a hearing over his bid to set aside a jury's verdict finding the hip-hop mogul guilty on prostitution charges but clear...
Sep 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs, next to his lawyer Teny Geragos, reacts after learning he will not be released on bail, during his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 2, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Taste of the Heights event returns with over 20 vendors this year
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Taste of the Heights returns to Prospect Road's restaurant row Thursday night. The Heights' Hannah Hernandez says there'll be 21 food and drink vendors on hand...nearly double t...
Sep 25, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
