Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden re-emerges to defend Social Security as Trump cuts agency staff
(Reuters) -Democratic former President Joe Biden on Tuesday made his first major speech since leaving the White House in January, defending the Social Security Administration as the Trump administrati...
Apr 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Joe Biden listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US game show host Wink Martindale dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wink Martindale, a longtime fixture on U.S. television as the host of "Tic-Tac-Dough," "High Rollers" and other game shows, died on Tuesday at age 91, his manager said. Martind...
Apr 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: (L-R) Game show hosts Monte Hall, best known for his show "Let's Make A Deal", Wink Martindale and Peter Marshall present an award during a taping of the TV Land awards show in Santa Monica, California, March 19, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
State Rep. Hauter votes against mascots bill
PEORIA, Ill. - A central Illinois state legislator is explaining his reasoning for voting against a proposed bill that would ban Native American mascots. The bill, HB 1237, which passed the Illinois H...
Apr 16, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell Co. Republican Party)
Rivermen host Evansville Wednesday night in the SPHL semifinals
PEORIA, Ill. - The next step towards back-to-back titles by the Peoria Rivermen starts Wednesday night at Carver Arena. The top-seeded Rivermen host the 7th-seeded Evansville Thunderbolts in the semif...
Apr 16, 2025 (Peoria Rivermen)
Peoria City Council races unofficially settled as final mail-in ballots are received
PEORIA, Ill. - With certification set for Wednesday, the final ballots of the 2025 consolidated elections were counted on Tuesday. Peoria County Election Commission Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon...
Apr 15, 2025
Former correctional officer indicted by Peoria County grand jury for alleged contraband
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria County correctional officer has been indicted for allegedly bringing contraband to an inmate. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday indicted 24-year-old Ezekiel Hidden o...
Apr 15, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
School bus involved in multi-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Three vehicles, including a school bus, were involved in a Tuesday afternoon crash in Peoria. Peoria Police say the crash occurred at around 4:00 P.M. in the area of Sterling and Westmi...
Apr 15, 2025 (25 News)
Judge to consider Trump's compliance with order over wrongly deported man
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday will consider her next steps on what she called the Trump administration's failure to update her on efforts to return a man illegally deported to El Salvador, in a c...
Apr 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, looks on during a press conference with other family members, supporters and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Caterpillar celebrates 100 years of business with look back
PEORIA, Ill. - An iconic Peoria company is celebrating a century of business on Tuesday. April 15th, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Caterpillar. The company was formed in 1925 C.L. Best and Benja...
Apr 15, 2025 (Caleb Kelch/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
El Salvador's Bukele says he will not return man the US mistakenly deported
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man mistakenly deported from the United States, suggesting that doing so would be...
Apr 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
