Category Archives: Top Stories
Probable cause was found to charge former WTVP CEO with embezzlement, forgery
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says there was probable cause to charge the former CEO of Peoria public television station WTVP with embezzlement and forgery. But, according...
Aug 19, 2024 (25 News)
Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at age 88
(Reuters) - Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died ...
Aug 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Phil Donahue poses at the benefit gala for the 50th anniversary of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Beverly Hills, California January 7, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
US House Republicans say Biden committed impeachable offenses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans issued a report on Monday alleging Democratic President Joe Biden committed impeachable offenses, but it was unclear whether they would ...
Aug 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. August 18, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
UPDATE: Blinken calls on Hamas to accept US proposal on ending Gaza war
UPDATED 2:17 P.M. TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a bridging proposal presented by Washington des...
Aug 19, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Blinken meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/Pool
GasBuddy: Peoria prices continue to drop as summer's end is in sight
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.70 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria ar...
Aug 19, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Biden's Democratic convention moment: an opening act, not the main attraction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, forced by his allies to abandon his reelection bid a month ago, will be in the spotlight on opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, a...
Aug 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden enters the stage with Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, prior to delivering remarks, during an event on Medicare drug price negotiations, in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
N. Peoria home damaged by fire Sunday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in North Peoria Sunday afternoon that caused roughly $60,000 damage. The Peoria Fire Department says the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. on N. Picture...
Aug 19, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump says Harris easier than Biden to beat as race for Pennsylvania heats up
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some po...
Aug 17, 2024 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Ernesto knocks out power in Bermuda but major damage avoided
BERMUDA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have escaped major injuries or property dama...
Aug 17, 2024 Smith's Parish, Bermuda August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead
Judge temporarily blocks Disney sports streaming venture
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday put on pause a plan by Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery to launch a new sports streaming platform, saying that FuboTV is likely to be successful in prov...
Aug 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Smartphone with displayed "Disney" logo is seen in front of displayed "Streaming service" words in this illustration taken March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
