Category Archives: Top Stories
Smell of raw cannabis allows police to search a vehicle, Illinois Supreme Court rules
SPRINGFIELD - The smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week. The ruling comes months after the court ruled the smell of bu...
Dec 09, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the smell of raw cannabis in a vehicle gives police probable cause to search it. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in custody
(Reuters) -Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel last week, New York City officials said on Monday...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. NYPD/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
American Red Cross hands out holiday decoration safety tips
PEORIA Ill. - The American Red Cross is handing out some tips for avoiding house fires this holiday season. In a statement sent out Monday, officials with the Red Cross said it is the time of year whe...
Dec 09, 2024 A scene of Christmas lights. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police detain man in connection with UnitedHealth exec killing, reports say
(Reuters) - Authorities on Monday detained a man in central Pennsylvania in connection with last week's murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after finding him in possession of a gun, a silenc...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. NYPD/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Former US Marine found not guilty in fatal New York subway choking
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former U.S. Marine sergeant who used a chokehold to restrain Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on ...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The father of Jordan Neely reacts during a press conference after Daniel Penny was found not guilty in the trial of the former U.S. Marine sergeant who faced charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car in 2023, in New York City, U.S., December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US Supreme Court rejects school gender-identity policy challenge
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a po...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Multiple people treated after Monday morning crash involving school bus in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple people were treated at a hospital after a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus Monday morning. Peoria Police says the crash occurred in the area of Adams and Krause just af...
Dec 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two men stabbed after alleged fight at West Peoria bar
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries after reportedly being stabbed at a West Peoria bar this past weekend. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were called ...
Dec 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Gas prices falling in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue falling in the Peoria area. GasBuddy is reporting a $3.08/g average in the Peoria area Monday, down a little more than three cents in the past week. The average is 1...
Dec 09, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Rapper Jay-Z accused in lawsuit of raping 13-year-old girl
(Reuters) - An amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean "Diddy" Combs during a party in 2000. Jay-Z denied the allegations...
Dec 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Recording artist Jay-Z is pictured before the Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - June 1, 2024 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
