Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria woman sentenced to 45 years for fatal stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for the stabbing death of a 26-year-old woman in 2023. Cathy A. Logan, 55, was sentenced for the August 2023 stabbing death of ...
Feb 06, 2026 Cathy Logan (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, Bondi says
By Andrew Goudsward, Jana Winter and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Benghazi,...
Feb 06, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria man formally charged for seriously harming an infant
By Liz Lape PEORIA. Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria man accused of seriously injuring a newborn child last year was formally charged in court on Thursday morning. 20-year-old Jaravion Nichols was indicted b...
Feb 06, 2026 Jaravion Nichols. (Peoria County Jail)
Olympics-Italy's Meloni plays down ICE agent furore as she meets Vance
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Milan on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, using the encounter to rea...
Feb 06, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends U.S. Vice President JD Vance bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during Vance's visit to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
Trump unveils TrumpRx discounted drugs website
By Michael Erman and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website meant to offer consumers access to discounted prescription m...
Feb 06, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks next to U.S. Chief Design Officer at the National Design Studio, Joe Gebbia, during an event to unveil the TrumpRx drug discount site, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago
Peoria church celebrates 'Soup-er Bowl Sunday' to help families in need
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a game on Sunday that has very little to do with football, and everything to do with giving. Karol Castens, Missions and Outreach Co-Chair with Peoria's Northwest United Methodi...
Feb 06, 2026 Decorations in celebration of "Soup-er Bowl Sunday" at Peoria's Northwest United Methodist Church. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
East Peoria approves new turn lane, improvements, for new police station
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple items related to the new East Peoria Police station were approved at this week's city council meeting. One item unanimously approved by commissioners includes creating a n...
Feb 05, 2026 (City of East Peoria)
Arizona sheriff says Nancy Guthrie presumed to 'still be out there' alive
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Investigators in Arizona presume the kidnapped elderly mother of popular U.S. television news host Savannah Guthrie is "still out there" and alive four days after sh...
Feb 05, 2026 A supportive sign left by neighbors is posted outside of 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, Arizona, U.S. February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Peoria Mayor says Boyd's revised Par-A-Dice plans was a "surprise to the city"
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria city leaders are planning to meet next week to discuss the newest proposal from Boyd Gaming regarding the renovated Par-A-Dice Casino. On Thursday, the Illinois Gaming Board dela...
Feb 05, 2026 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali delivers the 2025 "State of the City" address at the Peoria Civic Center ballroom. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ukraine, Russia end second round of peace talks with agreement on prisoner swap, new meeting
KYIV, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia concluded a second round of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday aimed at ending Europe's biggest conflict since World War Two, with the two sides co...
Feb 05, 2026 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) pose for a picture as they arrive in Ukrainian territory after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location, Ukraine, February 5, 2026. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
