Category Archives: Top Stories
Non-profits to host documentary about homelessness at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - As homeless encampments are being cleared out of downtown Peoria, some people still have nowhere to live. Non-profit groups are doing their best to find those people shelter, especially...
Jan 14, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Pathway Ministries)
Man injured after reportedly being shot at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at a Peoria apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Peoria Police responded to the Lexington Hills Apartments just after 5...
Jan 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
In contentious cross-examination, prosecutor accuses Madigan of not telling 'the whole truth'
CHICAGO - For nearly three months, government lawyers in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial have tried to drill home the amount of control the longtime Democratic...
Jan 14, 2025 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan is pictured at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during his corruption trial in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US producer prices rise moderately in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased moderately in December, but that is unlikely to change views that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates again before the second half of...
Jan 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A man shops for produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
US prosecutor Jack Smith defends criminal case against Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an "unprecedented criminal effort" to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in ...
Jan 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Jack Smith's signature is seen on a revised indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump after U.S. prosecutors obtained the indictment in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2024. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon nominee, comes under fire at Senate hearing
UPDATED 8:58 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, came under fire during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as the top Democrat on the Se...
Jan 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth walks through Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Illini Bluffs basketball coach on leave after internal investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illini Bluffs High School coach remains off the sidelines due to an internal investigation. Boys Basketball Coach Clay Vass has been placed on leave while the district investigates a...
Jan 14, 2025 (Illini Bluffs High School--Facebook)
Canton student arrested after threat to high school
Canton Police arrested a Canton High School student Monday afternoon after an investigation of a threat he allegedly made against the school. 18-year-old Noah Bates was charged with felony disorderly ...
Jan 14, 2025 (Canton High School Facebook page)
UPDATE: Los Angeles firefighters on alert for return of extreme winds
UPDATED 7:59 A.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles firefighters braced on Tuesday for a new round of intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed at least 24 peopl...
Jan 14, 2025 Rescue personnel look for hazards and remains at the site of a burned building during the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, U.S., January 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Proposal to provide non-resident Peoria Public School students free tuition fails to pass
PEORIA, Ill. - A proposal to give waivers to non-resident students of Peoria Public Schools employees did not pass, but could have a second life. The PPS board Monday night was split 3-3 on the propos...
Jan 13, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
