Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump administration turns to US Supreme Court in bid to fire agency head
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its bid to fire the head of an independent U.S. agency that protects government whistleblowers, bri...
Feb 17, 2025 Donald Trump, Daytona Beach, Florida. February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Fire damages East Peoria home
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A fire ruled unintentional damaged an East Peoria home early Sunday evening. East Peoria Fire crews were called to the single-family residence in the area of Sanford and Cass, just...
Feb 17, 2025 D4E / CC
Cold weather to impact central Illinois throughout the week
PEORIA, Ill. - Some potentially dangerous cold weather is expected to impact central Illinois this week. A Cold Weather Advisory has been issued for the area, starting at 9:00 P.M. Monday and lasting ...
Feb 17, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Netanyahu says "we can finish the job" against Iran after meeting Rubio
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and the United States are determined to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions and its "aggression" in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday af...
Feb 16, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make joint statements to the press at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
Michael Madigan: The Rise and Fall
"The Velvet Hammer." "Sphinx." "King of Illinois." "The Wizard of Oz." "The Real Governor of Illinois." "Himself." Michael Madigan was called all of these names and more during his five-decade career ...
Feb 15, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Zelenskiy calls for European army to deter Russia, earn US respect
MUNICH (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for the creation of a European army, arguing the continent could no longer be sure of protection from the United States an...
Feb 15, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2025. Sven Hoppe/Pool via REUTERS
US judges bar Musk's DOGE from Treasury, allow access to health, labor
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge extended a block on Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team from accessing payment systems at the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday, while another judge allowed t...
Feb 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Three Israeli hostages freed in Gaza, Israel begins releasing 369 Palestinians in exchange
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel began freeing some 369 Palestinian prisoners and d...
Feb 15, 2025 Russian-Israeli Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov, a hostage held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, speaks as he is released by Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Teenager arrested in Peoria's East Bluff for Armed Robbery
PEORIA Ill. - A teenager has been charged with Armed Robbery after allegedly robbing a sanitation worker at gunpoint, Thursday, in Peoria's East Bluff. According to Peoria County's State's Attorneys, ...
Feb 14, 2025
Vance attack on Europe overshadows Ukraine talks at security conference
MUNICH (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused European leaders on Friday of censoring free speech and failing to control immigration, drawing a sharp rebuke from Germany's defence minister an...
Feb 14, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance and their children Mirabel, Ewan and Vivek are welcomed by Bavarian Premier Markus Soeder as JD Vance arrives to attend the international Munich Security Conference (MSC), at Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport, in Munich, Germany February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
