Category Archives: Top Stories
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still rising, as concerns linger over global oil flows
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria/Pekin metro area are currently $4.26 a gallon, according to both GasBuddy and AAA Illinois. GasBuddy's data shows local prices have surged 23.4 cents a gallon i...
Apr 06, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump weighs broader cabinet shake-up as Iran war pressure grows
By Nandita Bose, Jana Winter, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a broader cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam ...
Apr 04, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
Northwoods Mall imposes weekend curfew for minors
By Kayla Johnson PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Northwoods Mall is imposing a weekend curfew because mall managers said groups of kids are disrupting shoppers and businesses. Effective immediately, anyone u...
Apr 04, 2026 (Northwoods Mall Facebook Page)
Trump proposes to begin privatizing TSA screening operations
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save m...
Apr 04, 2026 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent assists Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers as passengers are screened at a checkpoint at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Central Illinois again hit by severe storms, including tornado sightings
By Howard Packowitz (25 News) - Severe storms, including tornado sightings, hail, and flash flooding, swept through Central Illinois for a second night in a row on Friday. The National Weather Service...
Apr 04, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Democratic-led states sue to block Trump's order tightening mail-in voting
BOSTON, April 3 (Reuters) - A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's new executive order tightening rules on mailin voting....
Apr 03, 2026 A man walks into a voting center with his mail-in ballot at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, on Election Day, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara
Bradley names central Illinois native as new women's basketball coach
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves women's basketball team has its new leader. The university announced on Friday that Marquette assistant coach Chaia Meier has been named the 11th head coach in progra...
Apr 03, 2026 (Marquette University Athletics)
Trump's budget proposes massive defense spending with 10% cut to other federal programs
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-defense discretionary spending for the 2027 fiscal year and a massive $500 billion increase in defense ...
Apr 03, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum look on, on the day he signs an executive order, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Officials, advocates warn ICE targeting Cook County domestic violence courthouse
Article Summary Cook County officials announce recent incidents, including Thursday, of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showing up at courthouses in violation of a new state law prohib...
Apr 03, 2026 The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US employment growth rebounded in March; unemployment rate falls to 4.3%
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rebounded more than expected in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, and the unemployment rate fe...
Apr 03, 2026 A sign posted outside a Target store states the company is hiring in Encinitas, California, U.S., March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake
