Category Archives: Top Stories
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after funding cut, in blow to local media
(Reuters) -The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down its operations after the loss of federal funding, the nonprofit said on Friday, in a blow to local TV and radio stations that have rel...
Aug 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the U.S. Capitol building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp d...
Aug 01, 2025 A tractor trailer advertising job opportunities in the trucking industry drives south on Interstate 81 near Staunton, Virginia, U.S., January 22, 2022. Picture taken January 22, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners making their way back through Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria runners have made their way back to Illinois with the Blue and Gold teams taking turns running throughout the day. Co-founder Mike McCoy tells WMBD's "Gre...
Aug 01, 2025 (Memphis to Peoria Run Facebook)
Investigation after man stabbed in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered serious injuries after reportedly being stabbed in Peoria's East Bluff on Thursday night. Peoria Police says officers found a 59-year-old male with an apparent stab wound...
Aug 01, 2025 (Midwest Communication)
Family displaced after Friday morning fire ruled arson at home in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire on Friday morning in Peoria's East Bluff is being investigated as arson. Peoria Fire says crews responded just after 7:45 A.M. to the area of Thrush and Indiana, finding fire in ...
Aug 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
ICC announces presidential search and interim president
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Central College Board of Trustees has begun the search for a new president. On Thursday, the Board approved hiring R. H. Perry, a national executive search firm, to he...
Aug 01, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
Pritzker signs bill to implement mental health screenings in schools
Article Summary: A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 school year. The screenings would be available for students...
Aug 01, 2025 Students are pictured in a file photo working on laptops at Lanphier High School in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Pathway Ministries brings transitional home for women to Morton
MORTON, Ill. (25 News)- Pathway Ministries has launched a new project in Morton...a transitional home for women. For nearly 70 years, Pathway Ministries in Peoria has been helping the less fortunate a...
Aug 01, 2025 Pathway Ministries opening a transitional women's home in Morton. (25 News)
Trump: Fed board should assume control if Powell won't lower interest rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged the Federal Reserve board to assume control if Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to refuse to lower interest rates. "Jerome 'Too Late'...
Aug 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File photo
Peoria's homeless move out of LULA's motel project as city funds run dry
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The nearly $400,000 in taxpayer money spent to put Peoria's homeless population in motel rooms has now run out, and move-out day is Friday, August 1. Over the winter, the nonp...
Aug 01, 2025 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
