Category Archives: Top Stories
Delayed financial disclosure for US Supreme Court's Thomas released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took private jet flights provided by billionaire Texas businessman Harlan Crow, according to a 2022 financial disclosure report made pu...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Fire kills more than 70 in Johannesburg apartment block
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-story apartment block in a poor area of Johannesburg, officials said on Thursday, adding that some of ...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2023 Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze in the early hours of the morning, in Johannesburg, South Africa August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Shiraaz Mohamed
Hurricane Idalia lashes Florida, then weakens and turns fury on Georgia
PERRY, Florida (Reuters) - Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday with howling winds, torrential rains and pounding surf, then weakened as it turned its fury on southeastern Ge...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2023 A view of wreckage and debris after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Shooting on Peoria's south side leaves six injured. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police found six victims on W. Marquette Street after responding to a pair of ShotSpotter alerts Wednesday night. The first alert around 9 p.m., indicated 10 shots were fired, t...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2023 A large police presence late Aug. 30, 2023 outside OSF St. Francis Medical Center where six shooting victims were hospitalized. (25 News)
Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A coalition of elected officials and business leaders in Illinois is calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum seekers and other long-term u...
Will Stevenson Aug 30, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker at a Chicago news conference, advocating for the federal U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow Illinois and other states to sponsor work permits for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented workers. (Screenshot via Illinois.gov)
US Senate's McConnell freezes up for second time in public appearance
(Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell froze up for more than 30 seconds on Wednesday during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in little more tha...
Will Stevenson Aug 30, 2023 Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in Covington, Kentucky, U.S. August 30, 2023 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate WCPO via REUTERS
Man sentenced to prison after October, 2022 shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man will spend the next several years in prison after he opened fire into a car in the Warehouse District last year. Court records indicate Billy DeLasso, 32, was sentenced...
Will Stevenson Aug 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State's Attorney: Juvenile to be tried as an adult for Peoria's 17th homicide this year
PEORIA, Ill. - The juvenile arrested earlier this week for Peoria's 17th homicide of the year will be charged and tried as an adult. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says she's charged Jared W...
Will Stevenson Aug 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US health officials look to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday, following a review request from the Bid...
TJ Carson Aug 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO-Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/Pool/File Photo
Man arrested for Monday's fatal hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident early Monday morning. Peoria Police say John Timothy, Jr., 39, turned himself in Wednesday morning and is ...
Will Stevenson Aug 30, 2023 John Timothy, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)