Category Archives: Top Stories
City of Peoria & Peoria County announces collision alert, amid winter weather conditions
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has issued a traffic collision alert for Peoria County. Citizens that are involved in vehicle crashes, where no one is injured, should exchange informa...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Peoria City Council approves new chemical plant along Illinois River
PEORIA Ill. - After some special conditions were reached...the Peoria City Council has given its blessing to a new chemical plant in the Distillery TIF District. Council approved zoning changes on Tue...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Chillicothe building a total loss after Thursday morning fire
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The building that houses a Chillicothe boutique store is a total loss after a fire Thursday morning. The fire at Sweet Finds on 4th and Chestnut Streets was called in at around 3:3...
Dec 12, 2024 Fire crews put out hot spots at the Sweet Finds boutique in Chillicothe. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested in Peoria for stolen handgun and illegal sale of drugs
PEORIA Ill. -A man has been arrested in Peoria for having a stolen handgun and selling illegal drugs. According to Peoria Police, Wednesday, SWAT was conducting an investigation into the illegal sale ...
Dec 12, 2024
Lobbyist testifies 'loyalty' to Madigan led him to make payments to ousted staffer
CHICAGO - After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse - and often high-paying - clien...
Dec 12, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One person sent to hospital after tent fire in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One person was taken to the hospital after a tent-fire Thursday morning in Peoria. Earlier in the morning, the Peoria Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Northeast Monr...
Dec 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week and more people continued to collect unemployment checks at the end of November ...
Dec 12, 2024 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
Time magazine names President-elect Trump 'Person of the Year'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Time magazine on Thursday named U.S. President-elect Donald Trump its "Person of the Year," citing his deep impact on American politics and the country's role in the world. "For ...
Dec 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he stand on stage at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Biden pardons 39 people, commutes sentences of 1,500 others
(Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he was pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others who were serving long priso...
Dec 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
After Assad's ouster, Syrian rebel leader tightens his grip on the state
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, deploying police, installi...
Dec 12, 2024 People walk as the search for prisoners at Sednaya prison continues after rebels seized the capital and announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Sednaya, Syria, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
