Category Archives: Top Stories
PPD: Garbage truck driver robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are looking for someone who allegedly robbed a Peoria garbage truck driver at gunpoint. Officers were called to the area of S. Western and W. Lincoln Avenues just before 6 a.m. T...
May 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Campustown restaurant announces closure
PEORIA, Ill. - A restaurant near Bradley University is closing its doors for good. In a social media post on Wednesday, the Fieldhouse in Campustown announced it has made the "difficult decision" to c...
May 07, 2025 (The Fieldhouse Facebook)
US health chief Kennedy launches autism project using Medicare and Medicaid data
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of the autism spectrum disorder, creating a database of au...
May 07, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network survey, Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Cardinals set to enter conclave to decide who follows Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse...
May 07, 2025 Cardinals attend the Holy Mass, celebrated for the election of the new pope, presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
EV makers Rivian, Lucid flag increasing costs as tariffs bite
(Reuters) -Electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid warned of higher costs from U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts, even as automakers scramble to rework sourcing of critical supplies an...
May 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announces Senate candidacy
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is the latest Democrat to enter the 2026 U.S. Senate primary for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin's seat. Krishnamoorthi, of Schaumburg, has re...
May 07, 2025 U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Schaumburg Democrat, speaks at the 2022 Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association annual brunch in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria swears in new council with continuity from the previous council
PEORIA, Ill. - The newest council for the city of Peoria was sworn-in Tuesday night, and looks almost identical to the previous council. Peoria Mayor Rita Ali was sworn-in to a second term in office, ...
May 06, 2025 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali (center) is joined by family members as she's sworn-in for a second term. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New study suggests changes to Illinois' community college-university pipeline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the cost of higher education continues to rise, many students have turned to local community colleges as a way of holding down the cost of pursuing a deg...
May 06, 2025 The Illinois Community College System headquarters is pictured in downtown Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Arrest made in April shooting of teen on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting last month on Peoria's South Side that injured a 14-year-old. Peoria Police say 18-year-old Kavione McCall was identified as the susp...
May 06, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Sorensen behind legislation to increase rural broadband internet access
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of the Peoria-area's Congressman is introducing legislation to try and make broadband internet more accessible in rural areas. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline)...
May 06, 2025 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-East Moline) speaks Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives. (U.S. House of Representatives via Rep. Ric Sorensen)
