Category Archives: Top Stories
New Peoria Area Chamber President and CEO introduced to the River City
PEORIA, Ill. - The new leader of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce says she's "elated" to be in the role. Jessica Linder-Gallo was formally introduced to the River City at an event at the Peoria Riv...
Jun 21, 2024 Jessica Linder-Gallo addresses the public at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
A change of plea expected from Highland Park shooter. Here's what we know
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. - Illinois' Lake County State's Attorney's Office expects a change in plea in the case of a man accused of killing seven people and injuring 48 others during Highland Park's Fourth o...
Jun 21, 2024 (via Village of Highland Park, IL)
Migrants charged with 12-year-old's death in Texas
HOUSTON, Tx. - Houston police have arrested and charged two Venezuelan nationals with capital murder in the strangling death of a 12-year-old girl. Department of Homeland Security sources confirmed to...
Jun 21, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns, handing a victory to President Joe...
Jun 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows firearms at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 15, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Illinois Supreme Court announces candidates to replace retirning Peoria County judge
PEORIA, Ill. - Four candidates are being considered to serve the remaining term of a Peoria County judge. Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois announced this week the creation of...
Jun 21, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: As Trump claims political bias, lawyer calls prosecutor too independent
UPDATED 3:27 P.M. FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyer argued on Friday that the criminal case charging the former U.S. president with mishandling classified documents should be throw...
Jun 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Dunlap Schools eying $8.5M athletic training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Dunlap School Board is looking at building an $8.5 million indoor training center for student-athletes. Dunlap District #323 Superintendent Scott Dearman presented plans for the fac...
Jun 21, 2024 (Dunlap School District)
Ukraine's use of US-supplied weapons in Russia not limited to near Kharkiv, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine can use U.S.-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukr...
Jun 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen ride a pickup truck near the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
Trump campaign reports having more cash than Biden's campaign
(Reuters) -For the first time, Donald Trump's presidential campaign reported having more cash in its main account than President Joe Biden's re-election campaign had in its account, financial disclosu...
Jun 21, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/ File Photo
Charges dropped for Columbia University students arrested at pro-Palestinian protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dozens of pro-Palestinian student protesters arrested in April after occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University in New York City had all criminal charges against t...
Jun 20, 2024 File photo: A person holds a Palestinian flag as people continue protesting inside and outside Columbia University, where students escalated protests in support of Palestinians, by barricading themselves inside Hamilton Hall, despite orders from university officials to disband, or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File photo
