Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Manual returns to boys' basketball state finals
STERLING, Ill. - Peoria Manual is returning to the state's biggest stage in boys' basketball. The Rams punched their ticket Monday night to the IHSA Class 2A state finals, after a convincing victory o...
Mar 09, 2026 (Peoria Manual High School)
Peoria Police granted access to Peoria Public Schools security cameras
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police has been granted access to security cameras at Peoria Public Schools. After the topic was tabled last month, the PPS board unanimously approved the agreement in its consen...
Mar 09, 2026 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump says war could be over soon, as Iran rallies behind new hardline leader
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/DORAL, Florida, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday predicted the war in the Middle East could be over soon, even as Iran's hardliners staged a show of loyalty to...
Mar 09, 2026 A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Pekin mayor says data center project will not move forward
PEKIN, Ill. - A proposed data center project for the city of Pekin will not move forward. During Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Mary Burress made the announcement via a prepared statement,...
Mar 09, 2026 (City of Pekin)
Two men charged with terrorism after homemade bomb thrown at anti-Islam protesters in New York
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Two men accused of igniting homemade bombs at a chaotic anti-Islam protest outside the New York City mayor's mansion told police they were inspired by Islamic State, the ...
Mar 09, 2026 A man identified as Emir Balat is detained by police officers during a rally to stop public Muslim prayer outside the Gracie Mansion official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
One person dies after Spring Bay fire Monday morning
SPRING BAY, Ill. - One person has died after a fire at a Spring Bay duplex early Monday morning. Spring Bay Fire says crews responded just before 5:30 A.M. to the 100-block of Spring Creek Terrace, wi...
Mar 09, 2026 Midwest Communications
White House says it fired NTSB board member after concerning reports
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it had fired National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman after receiving reports of inappropriate behavior and failing to atte...
Mar 09, 2026 Member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) J. Todd Inman speaks with a journalist, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Report outlines premature deaths, chronic health problems among homeless Illinoisans
Article Summary The recent mortality and morbidity report by the Illinois Department of Public Health reveals that people experiencing homelessness have a much higher rate of hospitalizations and prem...
Mar 09, 2026 A volunteer with Street Samaritans hands out a care package to a
person camping underneath a bridge in November in the Chicago area. (Medill Illinois News
Bureau by Jacques Abou-Rizk)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices spike in response to Middle East tensions
PEORIA, Ill.-Gas prices in the Peoria area have surged over the past week, driven by a spike in global oil prices following U.S. strikes on Iran and an escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Accor...
Mar 09, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
Iran's choice of Mojtaba Khamenei appears to close path to swift end to war, oil soars
By Parisa Hafezi and Maayan Lubell DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father as supreme leader on Monday, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in...
Mar 09, 2026 A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
