Category Archives: Top Stories
US housing supply gap widens further in 2025, Realtor.com says
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. housing supply gap widened further in 2025 while more households were formed, an independent report showed on Tuesday, suggesting that many potential homeowner...
Mar 03, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A for sale sign is shown for a residential home in Encinitas, California, U.S. July 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Update: US homeland chief Noem stands by remarks calling slain US citizens terrorists
Updated at 10:32 a.m. By Ted Hesson, Susan Heavey and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during congressional testimony on Tuesday stood by h...
Mar 03, 2026 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is sworn in as she testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US orders some diplomatic staff to leave Middle East as Iran conflict escalates
DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday ordered non-emergency government personnel and their family members to leave the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan and closed...
Mar 03, 2026 Vehicles drive past a building that was damaged by an Iranian drone attack, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Seef, Manama, Bahrain, March 1, 2026. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Peoria's New Hope Apartments closes its doors
By Liz Lape PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - New Hope Apartments in Peoria closed its doors for the foreseeable future on Monday, leaving some residents without a place to stay. The supportive housing facilit...
Mar 03, 2026 Peoria's New Hope Apartments closed their doors on Monday. (25 News)
Washington and Dee-Mack earn trips to girls' basketball state finals
NORMAL, Ill. - Two Peoria-area girls basketball teams will be playing on the state's biggest stage this weekend. The Washington and Dee-Mack girls' teams both won supersectionals Monday night to advan...
Mar 02, 2026 (WCHS #308 Athletics Facebook)
US Supreme Court blocks California privacy protections for transgender students
March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Monday a series of California laws that can limit the sharing of information with parents about the gender identity of transgender public school s...
Mar 02, 2026 Demonstrators carry a transgender flags outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on the day justices are expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Man pleads guilty for role in 2024 South Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man could be facing more than two decades in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting in South Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 45-year-old Aub...
Mar 02, 2026 courtroom gavel
Illinois lawmakers call for governor-appointed Epstein investigatory commission
Article Summary Illinois lawmakers have introduced legislation to create a governor-appointed commission to investigate Illinois-linked crimes connected to the network of international sex trafficker ...
Mar 02, 2026 Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid and Rep. Anne Stava hold signs promoting the Illinois Epstein Files Investigation Act at a news conference in downtown Chicago on March 2, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Melania Trump chairs UN meeting on children in conflict
March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on children and education in conflict on Monday, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump a...
Mar 02, 2026 U.S. first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Homicide-free 2026 so far in Peoria, but shooting numbers rising
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say 2026 has been homicide-free through February, but shootings are increasing. In its Year-to-Date shooting report released on Monday, police say there have been no homic...
Mar 02, 2026
