Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria area gas prices up roughly 20 cents in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 20 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.77 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 local stations. Prices in Peoria are 31.7 ce...
Mar 25, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Trump wins pause of $454 million civil fraud ruling, avoiding asset seizures
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump won a bid to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a $175 million bond within 10 days, a victory for the former U.S. president tha...
Mar 25, 2024 A flag depicting Donald Trump is placed at Trump Tower, October 1, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/file photo
Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday challenged assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group orchestrated a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed 137 people an...
Mar 25, 2024 A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue is escorted inside the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Two separate homicides in Peoria hours apart in the same area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating two separate homicides from the weekend in the same area. Peoria Police say both incidents occurred on the 3400-block of W. Fallen Oak Lane, in the area ...
Mar 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track dow...
Mar 24, 2024 People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region, Russia, March 23, 2024. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily but continues service
(Reuters) -Pope Francis at the last minute skipped reading his homily during a Palm Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square but continued presiding at the service, read his n...
Mar 24, 2024 Pope Francis leads the Angelus Prayer during the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Bradley men's basketball season ends in second round of NIT
CINCINNATI, Oh. - The season has come to an end for the Bradley Braves men's basketball team. The Braves fell to Cincinnati in the second round of the NIT on Saturday afternoon, 74-57. 5th year senior...
Mar 24, 2024 (Bradley University)
State awards local food infrastructure grants as advocates seek program's extension
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Nineteen local farms will receive a combined $1.8 million in grants to fund infrastructure projects aimed at developing their ability to produce and distrib...
Mar 24, 2024 State Sen. Dave Koehler, D-Peoria, speaks at a news conference in support of a bill to create a permanent local food infrastructure grant program that would receive $2 million annually. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Alex Abbeduto)
With no winners, lottery jackpots grow to near and over $1 billion
CHICAGO, Ill. - Whether it's luck or strategy, Saturday night could be your next chance to strike it rich. The Powerball jackpot is making its way closer to $1 billion, currently estimated at $750 mil...
Mar 23, 2024 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Dunlap students and staff participate in drill after boy brought gun to school this week
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Dunlap School District, with the help of law enforcement and first responders, showed students and staff on Friday what emergency crews would do if an armed assailant attacked their...
Mar 23, 2024 (Dunlap Valley Middle School via Facebook)
