Category Archives: Top Stories
Auto tariff to cost US consumers more than $30 billion in first year, report shows
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariff on auto imports may cost American consumers more than $30 billion in higher vehicle prices and reduced car sales in the first full year, consultanc...
Apr 03, 2025 Automobiles at the shipping terminal are shown from the view of a drone in San Diego, California, U.S., March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
PPD investigates aggravated battery with a firearm
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called Tuesday afternoon to a hospital on reports of a person dropped off with a gunshot wound. PPD says when officers arrived around 2:50 p.m., they made contact wit...
Apr 03, 2025
Man arrested for possession of stolen firearm and other charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a man Tuesday on multiple gun charges. Officers responded to the area of Lucerne Court and Melcosta Drive around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, on reports of trouble with a ...
Apr 03, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty for role in fatal 2022 New Years Day shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A guilty plea has been entered by a man for his role in a New Year's Day 2022 fatal shooting in Peoria that left a woman dead. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 30-year-o...
Apr 02, 2025 Robert White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
Man found guilty for 2023 shooting death at South Peoria liquor store
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for a 2023 murder at a South Peoria liquor store. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 19-year-old Jared WIlliams was found guilty on Wednesday o...
Apr 02, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump says he will impose 10% tariff on all imports, with higher rates for some
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country's biggest tradin...
Apr 02, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, ahead of delivering remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Musk will stay until he completes DOGE mission, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Wednesday that tech billionaire Elon Musk will stay on to complete his mission to slash government spending and downsize the federal workforce, dismissing...
Apr 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Pritzker hopes trade mission to Mexico sparks new investment despite tariffs
MEXICO CITY (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City on Wednesday, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even a...
Apr 02, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker, left, shakes hands with Mexico state Gov. Delfina Gómez Álvarez, right, after the two states signed a memorandum of understanding. (Photo provided by Gov. JB Pritzker’s office)
Alderman Lilija Stevens set to be Washington's new mayor
WASHINGTON, Ill. - One of Washington's existing council members will soon be the city's next mayor. Lilija Stevens won Tuesday's consolidated election, receiving over 54-percent of the vote, defeating...
Apr 02, 2025 (City of Washington)
Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompani...
Apr 02, 2025 Mourners react near the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
