Category Archives: Top Stories
NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in half a century
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. spa...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Coroner: Autopsy and X-rays will be done on skeletal remains found Tuesday
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of skeletal remains in a wooded area of southwest Peoria late Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff Chris Watkins said deputies receiv...
Apr 01, 2026 Unidentified skeletal remains were found in SW Peoria Tuesday afternoon in the area of S. Crest Drive and W. Hill Street. (25 News)
Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that would direct his administration to create a list o...
Mar 31, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump attends to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
5th person arrested and charged for alleged role in robbery of teenager in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A 5th person has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in the armed robbery of a teenager last November in Peoria's East Bluff. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says...
Mar 31, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Pair indicted for their alleged role in South Peoria armed vehicular hijacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men have been indicted for their alleged roles in a South Peoria vehicular hijacking earlier this month. Court documents indicate 34-year-old Christopher Coleman and 28-year-old Ant...
Mar 31, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Statewide warehouse pollution reduction bill fails to meet committee deadline
Article Summary A House deadline passed last week with lawmakers declining to advance a measure to establish annual emissions-reduction targets and a system of points for air pollution mitigation meas...
Mar 31, 2026 The 700,000 square-foot Amazon fulfillment is one of several in the area south of Joliet. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Gabriel Matias Castilho)
US judge halts Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project, for now
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge blocked Donald Trump on Tuesday from proceeding with construction of a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing, haltin...
Mar 31, 2026 Construction cranes work on White House East Wing renovations in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
AM 1290 WIRL signal goes silent after 77 years of broadcasting
PEORIA, Ill. - The Mighty 1290 has gone silent. The signal for AM 1290 WIRL was shut down on Tuesday at noon after more than 77 years on the air. AM 1290 first went on the air in 1948. Over the years,...
Mar 31, 2026 Former WIRL personality Wayne Miller pressed the button to shut off the AM 1290 WIRL signal for good after 77 years of broadcasting, on March 31st, 2026. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump administration unlawfully revoked status of migrants who used Biden-era app, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, March 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reverse termination of the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been...
Mar 31, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One, on travel from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., February 16, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Absences fall sharply after US airport security workers finally get paid
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - The Transportation Security Administration said absences among the nation's 50,000 security officers fell sharply on Monday as workers were paid af...
Mar 31, 2026 A TSA patch at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Megan Varner
