Category Archives: Top Stories
Boeing's space and defense chief exits in new CEO's first executive move
(Reuters) - Boeing said on Friday the head of its troubled space and defense unit is leaving the company immediately, in the first management change under new CEO Kelly Ortberg. Ortberg who took over ...
Sep 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Ted Colbert speaks to reporters at the Australian International Airshow in Avalon, Australia, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/ Jamie Freed/File Photo
Trump to visit North Carolina as scandal swirls around Republican ally
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Tru...
Sep 21, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Pekin woman who died in rural Tazewell County crash identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The identity of a Pekin woman who died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning near South Pekin has been released. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 62-year-old Chris...
Sep 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria man arrested on multiple drug and forgery charges
PEORIA Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested on multiple drug and forgery charges. 41-year-old Kenneth Hill Jr. was detained by Peoria Police Thursday night just after 8:45pm. Officers conducted a sea...
Sep 20, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office /1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Cause of death for South Peoria shooting victim released
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says a Peoria man died within minutes after being shot Wednesday night. Jamie Harwood says 36-year-old Oren Adams suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, causing...
Sep 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man injured after stabbing in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police currently have no suspects in a stabbing incident Thursday night in South Peoria. Officers responded just before 11:30 P.M. to the area of Garden and Madison Park Terrace,...
Sep 20, 2024 (Midwest Communication)
Zelenskiy says Ukraine 'victory plan' depends on quick decisions by allies
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's "victory plan" in the war against Russia depends on quick decisions being taken by allies this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday during a visit by European C...
Sep 20, 2024 European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a joint press conference, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
US Secret Service finds lack of diligence ahead of Trump rally shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Secret Service probe found communication gaps and a lack of diligence ahead of the July attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Butl...
Sep 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Top Hezbollah commander among 12 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campa...
Sep 20, 2024 Civil Defense members work near the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jahnke: Some Illinois farmers dealing with drought conditions heading into harvest
PEORIA, Ill. - The U.S. Drought Monitor says all of Illinois is abnormally dry, with a significant part of the state experiencing moderate drought conditions. RFD Radio's DeLoss Jahnke says the drough...
Sep 20, 2024 (USDA/National Weather Service)
