Category Archives: Top Stories
Freedom Parkway opens to the public, connecting two major roads in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - There's a new way for people in Washington to get around the city. City leaders cut the ribbon Tuesday morning on the expansion of Freedom Parkway. The newly constructed road connec...
Oct 15, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Georgia local officials have duty to certify election, state judge rules
(Reuters) -A Georgia judge has ruled that local election officials must certify results, in a win for Democrats concerned that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's allies may seek to sow c...
Oct 15, 2024 Voters take part in early election voting at a polling station in Marietta, Georgia, U.S. October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Jayla Whitfield-Anderson
US tells Israel to improve Gaza humanitarian situation or risk military aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has warned Israel that it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid, U...
Oct 15, 2024 Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Walgreens to shut 1,200 stores as CEO Wentworth seeks turnaround
(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Tuesday it would shut 1,200 stores over the next three years as new CEO Tim Wentworth plots a turnaround at the struggling pharmacy chain operator hit by sl...
Oct 15, 2024 People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas on Tuesday, prompting South Korea's military to fi...
Oct 15, 2024 Smoke rises after North Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side of the border between the two Koreas, according to South Korea's military, as seen from the South Korean side, October 15, 2024, in this screen grab from a handout video. South Korean Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
PIA earns top honor and sees new records broken in August and September
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation has named the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport its Primary Airport of the Year for 2024. A primary airport is defined by t...
Oct 15, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Harris blasts Trump's 'enemy from within' comments at Pennsylvania rally
ERIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Monday slammed Donald Trump for his ominous comments about "the enemy within" the United States and threat to deploy th...
Oct 15, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Erie International Airport ahead of a campaign rally, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while ...
Oct 15, 2024 Rescuers work at a site damaged by an Israeli air strike, in the Christian-majority town of Aitou, north Lebanon October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Walid Saleh
Chimney catches on fire at Peoria South Side house
PEORIA, Ill. - No injuries were reported after a chimney fire Monday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Fire says reports came in just after 3:15 P.M. in the area of Greenlawn and Antoinette. Crews arrived t...
Oct 14, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Rivermen begin defense of their SPHL championship this week
PEORIA, Ill. - The puck is about to drop on a new hockey season for the Peoria Rivermen. The defending Southern Professional Hockey League champions start their 2024-25 season on Saturday at Quad City...
Oct 14, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
