Category Archives: Top Stories
Pekin considering new methanol plant on city-owned property
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's City Council this week approved plans for a potential methanol plant in the Riverway Business Park. The agreement would allow Ambient Fuels of New York to buy 47 acres from the c...
Jan 16, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to killing girlfriend's kitten at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his girlfriend's kitten at a Peoria apartment complex. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old...
Jan 16, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Prosecutor goes after final defense witness as Madigan prepares to rest case
CHICAGO - For the past three months, the judge presiding over former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has reminded jurors before each lunch break and evening recess no...
Jan 16, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s time on the witness stand concluded in his corruption trial this week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US weekly jobless claims increase; labor market conditions still healthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but remained at levels consistent with a healthy labor market. ...
Jan 16, 2025 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Biden warns that an oligarchy is forming that threatens US democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said an oligarchy is forming in the U.S. that threatens democracy, issuing the bleak warning on Wednesday in his final Oval Office speech as he prepares to ha...
Jan 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Weather conditions in Los Angeles improve, giving firefighters respite
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wind gusts and dry conditions will linger throughout the day on Thursday in Los Angeles where firefighters hope to gain on their momentum against two major wildfires that have ...
Jan 16, 2025 A member of a CalFire crew looks into the distance while working to mop up hotspots from the burn scar of the Palisades Fire near Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson
Residents escape fire Wednesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on E. Gift Wednesday evening on reports of smoke. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrive around 6 p.m., finding smoke coming from ...
Jan 16, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Death toll in Israeli strikes on Gaza rises to 77 since ceasefire deal, residents say
UPDATED 7:44 a.m. DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel airstrikes killed at least 77 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and ...
Jan 16, 2025 Palestinians stand among the rubble of houses destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid ceasefire negotiations with Israel, in Gaza City, January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Dream Center receives grant to further help Peoria's homeless
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center Peoria will be getting a boost from the city to help house homeless couples and single women. The city council Tuesday night unanimously approved a grant to reimburse Dream...
Jan 16, 2025 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
Biden raises alarm about 'dangerous concentration of power' among few wealthy people in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was concerned about a "dangerous concentration of power" among a few wealthy people in the United States. "Today, an ...
Jan 15, 2025 US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. MANDEL NGAN/Pool via REUTERS
