Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: New 'Welcome to Peoria' sign installed at city's south entrance
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. 9/19/23 PEORIA, Ill. - If you come into Peoria from the south, you'll see a brand new sign greeting you. The city's Public Works Department says it's installed a new six feet tall, f...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Disparately resourced public defenders prepare for the end of cash bail in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois on Monday will become the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature - a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a p...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
Mexican capo Ovidio Guzman extradited to US in win on fentanyl war
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ovidio Guzman, a son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was extradited to the United States on Friday to face fentanyl trafficking charges, in a boost fo...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ovidio Guzman, son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the centre of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico October 17, 2019 in this still image taken from a helmet camera footage obtained October 30, 2019. Mexican Government TV/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Chiefs out of the playoffs after loss in Cedar Rapids Friday
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. - The season is over for the Peoria Chiefs. After clinching a playoff berth with a few games left to go in the regular season, the Chiefs lost in the first round of the playoffs. Ced...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 (Peoria Chiefs)
Two fires in eight hours in Peoria; one home destroyed
PEORIA, Ill. - One home is destroyed, and one home is damaged, after two fires in an eight-hour period in Peoria, ending early Saturday morning. Peoria firefighters responded to one that officials say...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UAW says Stellantis boosts wage-hike offer to 19.5% - Detroit News
(Reuters) -Stellantis' latest offer to the striking United Auto Workers includes raising wages 19.5% and making salaried workers hourly, the Detroit News reported on Friday, citing the union. The offe...
Will Stevenson Sep 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Stellantis sign is seen outside its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
UPDATE: Hurricane Lee nears New England, Canada
UPDATED 6:46 A.M. 9/16/23 (Reuters) - After churning for more than a week over the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Lee closed in on New England and Atlantic Canada on Saturday, and is likely to make landfal...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A composite image shows Hurricane Lee churning towards the Caribbean after intensifying into a major storm, September 8, 2023. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Handout REUTERS
Special counsel seeks limits on Trump's statements in elections case
(Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to impose limits on statements from former President Donald Trump regarding a Washington, D.C., court case over his attempt to overturn his...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm
UPDATE: UAW, automakers to resume talks as strike starts to create parts shortage
UPDATED 7:16 a.m. 9/16/23 DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers said it plans to resume bargaining on Saturday after launching its first simultaneous strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Chr...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2023 United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and UAW members march in the street in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Mogul Byron Allen makes $10 billion bid for Disney's ABC, other networks
(Reuters) -Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has made a $10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney's ABC television network and assets including the FX and National Geographic cable channels, a spokesperson for ...
Will Stevenson Sep 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo