Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Top US congressional Republican, Democrat say deal reached on spending
UPDATED: 8:23 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached a deal to keep the government funded through the rest of the fiscal year...
Mar 19, 2024 People walk past the U.S. Capitol building as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown looms in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Out of money, Pentagon chief tries to convince allies of commitment to Ukraine
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday sought to convince European allies that President Joe Biden's administration is still committed to supporting Ukrai...
Mar 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks on the day of the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of General Mark A. Milley, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an Armed Forces Hail in honor of General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Summerall Field at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
4-year-old among two dead in officer-involved shooting in Macomb
MACOMB, Ill. - Illinois State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting on Saturday night, when police responded to a domestic dispute on N. Charles Street in Macomb. The incident happened...
Mar 19, 2024 Midwest Communications
It's Primary Day in Illinois. Here's what you need to know to vote
UPDATED 11:27 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries may already be decided, but there are still issues and races you can help decide Tuesday on the ballot in the tri...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Congressman hears about need for new tower at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - Seventeenth District Congressman Eric Sorensen says the air traffic control tower he saw Monday at the Peoria International Airport is old. Really...really...old. Case in point, Sorense...
Mar 18, 2024 Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-East Moline) is joined by Director of Airports Gene Olson and others at the Peoria International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Open house at Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing shows students process to join military academies
PEORIA, Ill. - High school students from across Illinois learned about what it takes to be America's next leaders at an open house Monday evening in Peoria. The Service Academy Open House was hosted a...
Mar 18, 2024 High school students and parents listen to a speech from Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) during the Service Academy Open House at Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing on March 18th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victim in fatal Tazewell County crash identified, cause of death revealed
RURAL PEKIN, Ill. - An autopsy has been completed on a rural Mapleton man whose vehicle crashed Sunday afternoon. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Dennis Speck, 51, likely died from multipl...
Mar 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Appellate court rules man charged with murder of child must remain jailed under Pretrial Fairness Act
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois Appellate Court says the Tazewell County judge who ordered a man held in jail until his trial for allegedly killing his child ruled correctly. The 4th District Appellat...
Mar 18, 2024 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
UPDATE: Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial
UPDATED 6:07 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money that Cohen, h...
Mar 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally on March 2 in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File Photo
West decries Putin's election win, China, India vow closer ties
LONDON (Reuters) -Western governments lined up on Monday to condemn Vladimir Putin's landslide election victory as unfair and undemocratic, but China, India and North Korea congratulated the veteran R...
Mar 18, 2024 President Vladimir Putin speaks after polling stations closed in Moscow. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
