Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: US job growth slows in April; unemployment rate rises to 3.9%
UPDATE 7:36 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, but it is probably too early to expect that the Federal Reserve will start cutt...
May 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Family and friends mourn death of Mikequese Taylor after shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - Family and friends are remembering Mikequese Taylor after he became the victim in Peoria's 5th homicide of 2024 earlier this week. Taylor, 18, was home from junior college in Kansas, vi...
May 02, 2024 (Kansas City Kansas Community College Athletics)
Rivian receives $827 million in incentives to expand Illinois facility, shares jump
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive said on Thursday it has received $827 million in an incentive package from the State of Illinois to expand operations at its Normal facility. The Irvine, California-based ...
May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An electric pick-up truck is pictured at the Rivian Automotive Inc facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Woman injured after Wednesday evening shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting from Wednesday night that injured a woman. Police say 19 shots were fired in the area of Gift and Isabell just after 8:30 P.M. Officers did no...
May 02, 2024
Peoria Fire performs river rescue of man Thursday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered minor injuries after being pulled from the river Thursday morning. Peoria Fire says crews responded at around 11:30 A.M. to reports of a person in the water. They arrived...
May 02, 2024 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
Groundbreaking ceremony held for band shelter at Pekin's Mineral Springs Park
PEKIN, Ill. - Leaders in Pekin have begun the work to build a new band shelter in the city's Mineral Springs Park. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning at the site of the Steven D. Skin...
May 02, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden breaks silence on college protests over Gaza conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under mounting political pressure, U.S. President Joe Biden broke his silence on campus unrest over the war in Gaza on Thursday, saying Americans have the right to demonstrate b...
May 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student protests at U.S. universities, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access an...
May 02, 2024 State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, smiles on the House floor after Republicans chose not to debate his proposed election law changes, instead voting present then leaving the chamber for a news conference. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
5th body recovered from collapse of Maryland bridge in March
BALTIMORE, Md. - A construction worker, identified as 49-year-old Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland in March. Maryland officials say Gonzalez...
May 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US labor market still tight; productivity falters in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at a low level last week, pointing to a still fairly tight labor market that should continue to un...
May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
