Category Archives: Top Stories
New program gives Pekin prison inmates a chance at a college education
PEORIA, Ill. - A first in the nation program will give a pathway for inmates at the Pekin Federal Correctional Institute a chance at a college education. Illinois Central College announced Thursday a ...
Sep 05, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hunter Biden pleads guilty in federal tax case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday in a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the...
Sep 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks outside the federal court as his trial on criminal gun charges continues, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Victim from fatal South Peoria shooting identified
PEORIA, Ill. - A 30-year-old Peoria man is the victim in a homicide shooting Wednesday night in South Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Dennis Harris was pronounced dead at the scene of...
Sep 05, 2024
UPDATE: Peoria County Sheriff's Office identifies vehicle theft and child abduction suspect, manhunt continues
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The suspect allegedly involved in a child abduction and vehicle theft from Wednesday has been identified by the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. The office says ...
Sep 05, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office via Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trump says Musk to head government efficiency commission
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. ...
Sep 05, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall hosted by Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian gunmen amid more West Bank raids
TUBAS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants in the town of Tubas and in a nearby refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, the military said, as a majo...
Sep 05, 2024 People assess the scene where an Israeli drone strike killed Palestinians, in Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
US weekly jobless claims decline as layoffs remain low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits declined last week as layoffs remained low, which could help to allay fears that the labor market was deteri...
Sep 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment
UPDATED: 9:31 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to overturn hi...
Sep 05, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs after a brief press conference at a hotel, following his hearing at District Court on Trump's claim of immunity in the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
UPDATE: WIU campus closed after officers shot in Macomb
UPDATED 11:20 A.M. MACOMB, Ill. -- The Macomb Police Department says two officers were shot Wednesday evening, prompting an emergency alert on the campus of Western Illinois University nearby. The off...
Sep 05, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Georgia high school student, 14, kills 4 and wounds 9 in campus shooting
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the first ...
Sep 05, 2024 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, U.S. September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
