Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump says he could have to sell assets to cover $454 million fraud judgment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Tuesday said on social media that he may be forced to mortgage or sell parts of his real estate business holdings at "fire sale prices" to secure a bond to cover a...
Mar 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom on the day of a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
US House panel holds Biden impeachment hearing, but next steps unclear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to chart a part forward in their impeachment probe of President Joe Biden will on Wednesday question two former associat...
Mar 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Attendees wear T-shirts with Chairman James Comer's picture on them during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden, focused on his son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Israeli military says it killed 90 gunmen at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel's military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, an allegation the Islamist Hamas group denied. Al ...
Mar 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift operating theater area is seen inside Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
Texas border enforcement law again blocked in legal whiplash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an a...
Mar 20, 2024 A group of migrants camp out along the border wall on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande after the U.S. Supreme Court let a Republican-backed Texas law known as SB 4 take effect, allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Justin Hamel
One candidate declares himself a winner for a state legislative race, while others are projected winners
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A number of the candidates who expected to win Republican primary elections Tuesday for statewide or Congressional office, for the most part, did. Woodford County Chief Sheriff's D...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
West Peoria voters approve tax levies for fire, ambulance
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - West Peoria voters in Tuesday's primary election approved two property tax levy increases. One ups what property owners will pay for the Fire Protection District, from 0.30% to 0.4...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell County voters approve new Medal of Honor monument for courthouse
PEKIN, Ill. - A new monument could soon come to Tazewell County after voters overwhelmingly approved erecting one. A referendum to honor the county's three Medal of Honor recipients received 85% appro...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Voters approve tax referendums in three central Illinois school districts on Tuesday
UPDATE 11:06 P.M. TREMONT, Ill. - Voters in Tremont have overwhelmingly approved an increase in the limiting tax rate for the school district, while the district says it will lower taxes. With all pre...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump urges US Supreme Court to endorse 'absolute immunity' for ex-presidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys "a...
Mar 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during his caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Peoria Police arrest man after reportedly pointing gun at officer during attempted traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly pointing a gun at a Peoria Police officer. Peoria Police say they attempted to stop a vehicle at Starr and Western just before 5:00 A.M...
Mar 19, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
