Category Archives: Top Stories
East Peoria hotel employees mourn American Eagle flight crash victims
EAST PEORIA Ill. - Employees at the Holiday Inn & Suites in the East Peoria Levee District are mourning those killed by Wednesday's American Eagle crash, as some of those who died were frequent gu...
Feb 02, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Trump says U.S. carries out airstrikes on Islamic State in Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group, killing many of them, President...
Feb 02, 2025 Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) conducts routine flight operations from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, in this handout picture released February 1, 2025. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Public Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria County coroner identifies man killed in Tazewell Co. crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man killed in a crash in Tazewell County Friday night. Harwood says 22-year-old Deontay Page, of Peoria, died at OSF Sain...
Feb 01, 2025
Peoria County confirms one TB case
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Health Department confirms one tuberculosis (TB) case in the county, with the patient in active treatment for the disease. TB is a bacterial disease that affect...
Feb 01, 2025 stockdevil_666 / Depositphotos.com
Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners released in latest Gaza exchange
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage ...
Feb 01, 2025 Freed Palestinian prisoners, Khan Younis, February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Trump readies order for steep tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada, China
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an order on Saturday imposing hefty new tariffs of 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China, potentially disrupting...
Feb 01, 2025 People cross the Rainbow International Bridge at the border between Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
UPDATE: At least seven people dead in Philadelphia plane crash, officials say
UPDATED 11:17 A.M. (Reuters) - At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground, Mexico's...
Feb 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Debris of the aircraft lies on the ground at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
IDOT: New lane closure begins Monday on the McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - Beginning Monday, IDOT has scheduled a left lane to be blocked westbound on the East Peoria side of the McClugage Bridge. The lane closure is needed as part of the demolition of the old...
Feb 01, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
US restricts helicopter flights after Washington crash, 'black boxes' recovered
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday, after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a milita...
Jan 31, 2025 An American Eagle plane departs the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as search and rescue teams work nearby, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Man found guilty in November for Aggravated Domestic Battery, sentenced to 7 years behind bars
PEORIA Ill. - The man found guilty in November for assaulting his former girlfriend, in Peoria, will spend the next seven years behind bars. According to the Illinois State's Attorney's Office, 35-yea...
Jan 31, 2025
