Category Archives: Top Stories
LaGuardia controller staffing may have violated procedures on night of collision, document shows
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility's proc...
Mar 31, 2026 FILE PHOTO: The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a ground vehicle on Monday at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Garage fire causes $60K damage and injures firefighter in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a detached garage fire on Monday evening that resulted in $60,000 damage and displacing three residents. Battalion Chief Cornell Brooks said crews arriv...
Mar 31, 2026 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria firefighters rescue dog from fire Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a fire near Monroe and Spring Streets Monday evening that caused roughly $20,000 damage. Battalion Chief Larry Carter said crews arrived around 5:40 p.m...
Mar 31, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Attack on Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah-inspired 'act of terrorism,' FBI says
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - The FBI said on Monday that an attack on the largest Jewish temple in Michigan earlier this month was an "act of terrorism" inspired by Hezbollah. Ayman Ghazali, a 41-...
Mar 30, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Parents who pulled out their kids from the Temple Israel Synagogue stand near police after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident there, in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Peoria County Sheriff's K9 Freya helps end police chase
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is giving high praise to one of their K-9 units after a police chase on Saturday. The sheriff office says a deputy spotted a man on an unregist...
Mar 30, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man pleads guilty for role in 2024 East Bluff shooting that injured teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend 12 years in prison for his role in a shooting outside a market in Peoria's East Bluff nearly two years ago. That's after 20-year-old Jaylan Russell pleaded guilty Monda...
Mar 30, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty for connection to fatal downtown Peoria shooting in 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a fatal shooting nearly two years ago in downtown Peoria. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 42-year-old Larcorles Edwa...
Mar 30, 2026 courtroom gavel
Dumpster fire put out on Peoria's South Side early Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a dumpster fire in South Peoria early Monday morning is undetermined at this time. Peoria Fire says crews responded just after 5:45 A.M. to the area of Starr and Ligonier, ...
Mar 30, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Major US airports return to normal as TSA workers get paid
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after 50,000 Transportation Security Administration security officers went unpaid s...
Mar 30, 2026 Passengers wait in a TSA security checkpoint queue that stretches through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland., U.S., March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
In Illinois, a short-term guardianship can help youths during ICE deportations
Article Summary Short-term guardianship is a process that allows another adult to become the legal guardian of a child for up to one year. This process can be a protective measure and only implemented...
Mar 30, 2026 Form CFS 44-2, also known as the short-term guardianship form, allows parents in Illinois to appoint temporary custody for their children during a crisis. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Olivia Ardito)
