Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over po...
Dec 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, U.S. December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATED: One person dead after East Bluff shooting Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The man that died after a shooting in Peoria's East Bluff Sunday night, has been identified. Peoria Police say officers responded to a house just after 7:45 P.M. to a call of a person s...
Dec 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Elmwood man arrested after allegedly firing weapon into neighborhood
ELMWOOD, Ill. - An Elmwood man has been arrested after allegedly firing a weapon into a residential neighborhood last month. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were dispatched to the ar...
Dec 22, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Friday fire damages Peoria Heights home
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two people and their pets were displaced after a kitchen fire in their Peoria Heights home Friday. Peoria Heights Fire says crews were called to the single-story home in the Lon...
Dec 22, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Zoo mourns passing of two-toed sloth
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is mourning the loss of its Hoffman's two-toed sloth. The zoo announced Friday the passing of Dustin at 47 years old. In a statement, the zoo says Dustin began to experie...
Dec 22, 2024 (Peoria Zoo)
Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges
BERLIN (Reuters) -A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted ...
Dec 22, 2024 Christmas-market attack site, Magdeburg, December 21, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Mang
Central Illinois music festival announces changes for 2025
PEORIA Ill. - The biggest music festival in Central Illinois is back to a familiar name -- but is moving to a new location. Despite being renamed the Solshine Reverie last year -- Summer Camp is back ...
Dec 21, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Biden approves $571 million in defense support for Taiwan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the State Department approved the potential sale t...
Dec 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, U.S. December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holi...
Dec 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is joined by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, U.S., December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increases
Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state's electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state. The Illinois Commerce ...
Dec 20, 2024 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott (third from left) reads a 2023 decision rejecting grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. Revised versions of those plans were approved Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
