Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria coffee company setting up shop in Campustown
PEORIA, Ill. - A new option for a cup of joe will be coming to Peoria's Campustown. CxT Roasting announced Wednesday that it will open a location in the shopping center next to Bradley University. CxT...
Jul 30, 2025 (CxT Roasting Company)
State leaders seek more transparency from insurance companies
Article Summary Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is calling on Illinois lawmakers to pass legislation banning auto insurance companies from considering non-driving factors when setting a person's ...
Jul 30, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Man sentenced to decades in prison in fatal shooting of teenager in Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has received the maximum sentence for the shooting death of a teenager two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 25-year-old Tramier Pate was sentenced to 85...
Jul 30, 2025 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fed leaves rates unchanged despite Trump's pressure, with two governors dissenting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a split decision that gave little indication of when borrowing costs might be lowered and drew dissents from two of...
Jul 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee at the time to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve, moves to the podium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Ozzy Osbourne fans line Birmingham streets to honour Black Sabbath star
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) -Thousands of heavy metal fans lined the streets of Birmingham on Wednesday for the funeral procession of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died earlier this mont...
Jul 30, 2025 Crowds gather at the Black Sabbath Bridge, named in honour of the heavy metal band, as the funeral cortege of Ozzy Osbourne, its former frontman, passes through his hometown, in Birmingham, Britain, July 30, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
Fed likely to hold rates steady despite Trump's push for big cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, even as President Donald Trump continued to push the U.S. central bank to cut borrowing costs. Tru...
Jul 30, 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
Morton, School District split cost of crosswalk safety improvements
MORTON, Ill. - The Village of Morton and Morton School District are splitting the cost to continue to improve crosswalk safety near the district's six schools. The collaborative effort is helping to e...
Jul 30, 2025 (Morton School District Unit 709)
Tsunami waves reach Hawaii after huge quake rattles Russia's Far East
(Reuters) -A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 meters (16 feet) nearby and sparked evacuation orders as far away as Hawa...
Jul 30, 2025 A powerful wave washes past a building located near the shore, after a powerful earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia July 30, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from social media video Social media/via REUTERS
Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board
Letter comes the same week as hearing scheduled in related lawsuit Article Summary The Trump administration sent the Illinois State Board of Elections a letter this week requesting troves of voter dat...
Jul 30, 2025 The Illinois State Board of Elections office is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Peoria firefighters respond to kitchen fire on the city's Southside
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire on the city's Southside Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says around 7 p.m., crews found smoke coming from a two-stor...
Jul 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
