Category Archives: Top Stories
Olympics-Ice hockey-US, Canada group stage meeting promises intensity in Milan
By Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Canada will be "out for blood" as they renew their rivalry at the Milano Cortina Games, U.S. veteran Alex Carpenter told reporters on Monday, with...
Feb 10, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Women's Preliminary Round - Group A - Switzerland vs United States - Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 09, 2026. Alex Carpenter of United States celebrates scoring their fourth goal with teammates IMAGN IMAGES via REUTERS/Geoff Burke
Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, the Environmental Protecti...
Feb 10, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Travelers are stuck in a traffic jam as people hit the road before the busy Thanksgiving Day weekend in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Salvation Armies in Peoria and Pekin reach Tree of Lights campaign goals
PEORIA, Ill. - The Salvation Armies of Peoria and Pekin are celebrating successful Tree of Lights campaigns. The organization announced Monday night that both groups hit their fundraising goals for 20...
Feb 09, 2026 (Greg Batton/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria father detained for allegedly abusing and injuring infant son
PEORIA, Ill. - A judge has ordered a Peoria man to stay in jail after allegedly abusing and injuring his one-month-old son. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 21-year-old Robdeario Moore...
Feb 09, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Savannah Guthrie says, 'We believe our mom is still out there'
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. television network news host Savannah Guthrie took to social media on Monday to plead for the public's assistance in locating her elderly mother, who vanished f...
Feb 09, 2026 A sign showing support from neighbors is posted at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, U.S. February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Peoria County to begin early voting on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Better late than never for early voting in Peoria County. The Peoria County Election Commission announced that Tuesday will be the first day of early voting in the county, as well as vo...
Feb 09, 2026 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to answer questions at congressional deposition, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions at a deposition before the U.S. House's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday, ac...
Feb 09, 2026 Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell stands at the podium to address Judge Alison Nathan during her sentencing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five of the six counts she faced for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Pritzker backs longtime political ally Margaret Croke for comptroller
Article Summary JB Pritzker is supporting Rep. Margaret Croke for comptroller in the Democratic primary. Croke has been a close ally of Pritzker since the governor launched his first campaign in 2017....
Feb 09, 2026 Rep. Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, presents a bill in the Illinois House on April 18, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Process for beatification for Archbishop Fulton Sheen moves forward
PEORIA, Ill. - The pathway to sainthood for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been blessed by the Vatican. The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Monday that Beatification for Sheen was approved by the...
Feb 09, 2026 Archbishop Fulton Sheen (right) is hugging Pope John Paul II in this 1979 photo. (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation)
Taxpayers could be on the hook for millions in cleanup costs from oil and gas wells
Article Summary A new report suggests Illinois could be on the hook for plugging and cleaning up thousands of inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state. Oil production was on...
Feb 09, 2026 An oil well pumpjack is pictured. (Photo by arcturusangel at Morguefile.com)
