Category Archives: Top Stories
Tazewell County honors first former slave to own land in the county for Juneteenth
TREMONT, Ill. - Tazewell County marked Juneteenth with the dedication of a new Illinois State Historical Marker. The Illinois State Historical Marker in rural Tremont recognizes Peter Logan, the first...
Jun 19, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump to decide on US action in Israel-Iran conflict within 2 weeks, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict in the next two weeks. Citing ...
Jun 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during the installation of a new flagpole on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pekin Police participating in the IL Law Enforcement Torch Run Friday morning
PEKIN, Ill. - The Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run will be making its way through Pekin Friday morning. The Torch Run, which supports the Special Olympics, got its start in Illinois back in 1986, wi...
Jun 19, 2025 Law enforcement officers running in the annual Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois. (Special Olympics of Illinois Facebook)
Peoria man arrested on multiple gun charges on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - During a traffic stop Tuesday, Peoria Police arrested a man allegedly wanted on multiple gun charges. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says 19-year-old Kamarion Collins was taken into custo...
Jun 19, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Israel hits nuclear sites, Iran strikes hospital as war escalates
Updated: 7:07 a.m. TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital overnight, as the week-old air war escalated with no sign ye...
Jun 19, 2025 Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Storms brought heavy rain and tornadoes to Central IL Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Severe storms that rolled through Central Illinois on Wednesday brought heavy rain and some tornadoes. The National Weather Service in Lincoln says tornadoes were reported in Tazewell, ...
Jun 19, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GOP lawsuit seeks to end 'gut-and-replace' legislation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A group of Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit this week that seeks to nullify legislation they say would indelibly alter both the business and legal lands...
Jun 18, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, left, and House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch are named as defendants in a lawsuit challenging passage of a bill that would make a significant change in state law regarding corporate liability. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Teen to spend 14 years in prison in death of mother in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager will spend more than a decade in prison for the strangulation death of his mother in Peoria's East Bluff two years ago. 25 News reports 19-year-old Avion Tapia will spend the...
Jun 18, 2025 courtroom gavel
Fed keeps rates steady but pencils in two cuts by end of 2025; Powell sees 'meaningful' inflation ahead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and policymakers signaled borrowing costs are still likely to fall in 2025, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...
Jun 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Iran leader rejects US demand for surrender; Trump says patience has run out
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender on Wednesday, and the U.S. president said his patience had run out, ...
Jun 18, 2025 A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes and at the impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Rishon LeZion, Israel, June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
