Category Archives: Top Stories
USPS mail carrier speaks to the difficulty of "delivering for the holidays"
PEKIN Ill. - The holiday season is a busy one for us all, especially for your local mail carrier. They're the ones out there, delivering the gifts you've ordered online, in the snow and cold, at all t...
Dec 13, 2024 mail and packages
Peoria Chiefs announce field naming rights agreement with Wilson Services
PEORIA Ill. - For the first time in Peoria Chiefs franchise history -- the field at Dozer Park has a new name. Team officials announced Friday, effective in 2025, Wilson Services will become the first...
Dec 13, 2024 (Peoria Chiefs)
New Peoria Public Schools program looks to develop teachers from within
PEORIA, Ill. - A new program at Peoria Public Schools gives the district's staffers and paraprofessionals a pathway to becoming teachers. The first class of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program was cele...
Dec 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden administration inks renewed science cooperation deal with China; Republicans cry foul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China renewed a science cooperation agreement on Friday, the U.S. State Department said, this time with "robust national security guardrails," despite objec...
Dec 13, 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
Suspect in UnitedHealth executive murder was not a company customer, reports say
(Reuters) -The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson was not a customer of the health insurer, several media outlets reported, citing a company spokesperson. Ivy League-...
Dec 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, is escorted after an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/ File Photo
Blinken, in Turkey, stresses need to keep Islamic State contained in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan discussed on Friday the need for continued efforts to counter any resurgence of Islamic State in Syri...
Dec 13, 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes the hand of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after a joint press conference at the Ministry headquarters in the Turkish capital Ankara on December 13, 2024. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Pool via REUTERS
Judge won't acquit former AT&T Illinois boss in Madigan bribery case after hung jury
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on charges that he bribed ex-Illino...
Dec 13, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in September after jury selection in his bribery trial, which ultimately ended in a hung jury. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
FBI did not send undercover operatives to join Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Justice Department watchdog report released on Thursday debunked claims by far-right conspiracy theorists who falsely alleged that FBI operatives were secretly involved in...
Dec 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Man charged with sexually abusing two teenagers will remain in jail until trial
PEORIA Ill. - A 20-year-old man was charged Thursday for sexually abusing two teenagers that are under the age of 18. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office -- in a detention hearing...
Dec 12, 2024
Man will spend 10 years behind bars for role in shooting at Peoria Gas Station, in May
PEORIA Ill. - The man who fired a gun in broad daylight, at the Becks gas station on Memorial Drive, on May 26th of this year -- will be spending 10 years behind bars. According to the Peoria County S...
Dec 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
