Category Archives: Top Stories
Disney's ESPN to acquire NFL media assets in major deal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney's ESPN has reached a landmark deal with the National Football League to acquire NFL Network and other media assets from the league in exchange for the NFL taking a 1...
Aug 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; A general view of the ESPN Monday night Football logo during the first half of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images/File photo
Apple to pledge $100 billion for US manufacturing, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Apple Inc will announce a domestic manufacturing pledge of $100 billion on Wednesday that will focus on bringing more manufacturing to the United States, a White House official s...
Aug 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Logo of an Apple store is seen as Apple Inc. reports fourth quarter earnings in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File photo
Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week, and had separ...
Aug 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Major construction work continues at the U.S. Federal Reserve building as U.S. President Donald Trump voices complaints about Fed Chair Jerome Powell, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump-led Texas redistricting gambit ignites national arms race to control Congress
(Reuters) -The escalating political fight over the Texas congressional map is spreading across other states across the country, triggering an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting arms race with the ...
Aug 06, 2025 Illinois Governor JB Pritzker attends a news conference held by Texas Democratic lawmakers after leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw Texas' 38 congressional districts, in Aurora, Illinois, U.S. August 5, 2025. REUTERS/Tom Krawczyk
UPDATE: 41-year-old male identified as victim in fatal officer-involved shooting in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:35 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The identity of the victim in a fatal officer involved shooting Tuesday in Peoria's East Bluff has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy...
Aug 06, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Two central Illinois small businesses receive state honor
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria-area small businesses have joined a club of being some of the best in the state of Illinois. Tres Rojas Winery of Washington and Sarah Beth's Homemade Dips of Hanna City rece...
Aug 05, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man indicted for role in mass shooting turned fatal in South Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused in a fatal shooting two years ago in South Peoria has been indicted by a grand jury. 22-year-old Jyvonnie Williams was indicted on Tuesday of one count of First Degree M...
Aug 05, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Longtime ComEd lobbyist gets 1 year in prison for role in Madigan bribery scheme
Article Summary Jay Doherty, a longtime lobbyist and consultant for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a bribery scheme aimed at former Illino...
Aug 05, 2025 Former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist and City Club of Chicago director Jay Doherty leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Aug. 5, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Chillicothe man arrested on alleged child porn distibution charges
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Chillicothe man has been arrested after allegedly uploading child pornography. Police Chief Jeremy Cooper says 27-year-old Kewan Hudson was arrested Tuesday after a search warran...
Aug 05, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Rivian loss bigger than expected on higher costs, lower credit income
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive reported a higher-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as disruption in supply of rare earth metals used to make parts of its electric vehicles raised costs and income ...
Aug 05, 2025 A view shows a second-generation R1S at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
