Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Heights mayor says village's finances in good shape at State of the Village address
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - At the annual State of the Village address earlier this month, Peoria Heights Mayor Michael Phelan says the village is in good financial shape. Phelan says the village was strug...
Dec 18, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Comcast's Xfinity flags data security incident
(Reuters) - Comcast's Xfinity said on Monday there was unauthorized access to its internal systems between Oct. 16 and Oct. 19. Xfinity, which provides video, broadband and phone services, said it had...
Dec 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures with laptops and smartphones are seen in front of displayed Comcast logo, in this illustration taken December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Hamas posts video of three elderly Israeli hostages
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas released a short video on Monday showing three elderly Israeli hostages whom the Islamist group seized during its Oct. 7 rampage. Israel denounced it as a "criminal, terrorist v...
Dec 18, 2023 Three Israeli hostages appear in footage by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at a location given as Gaza, in this still image obtained from handout video released December 18, 2023. Hamas Military Wing/Handout via REUTERS
Trump aide's 2020 election case to remain in Georgia court -US appeals court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected an effort by Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia 2020 election interference case to federal ...
Dec 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
General surgeries resume at Carle Health Pekin, Proctor hospitals. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - Apparently it was staffing that caused general surgeries to move from Carle Health's Pekin and Proctor Hospitals to Methodist Hospital. A statement from Carle Health and Springfield Cli...
Dec 18, 2023 (Carle Health/Springfield Clinic)
One shot, one arrested, during South Peoria armed robbery attempt
PEORIA, Ill. - A suspect is believed to be in custody following an attempted armed robbery at a South Peoria business. It happened Monday afternoon around 12:20 at a Dollar General store near Adams an...
Dec 18, 2023 (25 News)
Salvation Army fundraising continues, with more volunteer bell-ringers needed
PEORIA, Ill. - They're almost half-way there. With the Peoria Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle campaign coming to an end on Friday, officials say they're at 40 percent of their overall two-point-two...
Dec 18, 2023 (Salvation Army)
Supreme Court, public, pay tribute Sandra Day O'Connor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court and members of the public on Monday will pay tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor, the court's first female justice, who died on Dec. 1 at age 93. O'Connor, a c...
Dec 18, 2023 The flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor arrives at the Supreme Court in Washington, December 18, 2023. O'Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died Dec. 1 at age 93. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
Severe weather lashing parts of East Coast, with flooding rains possible
NEW YORK - Snow is often the element associated with Christmas. But, New England is dealing with rain storms instead. According to FOX Weather, after Florida was hit with tropical storm-like condition...
Dec 18, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Vatican approves blessings for same-sex couples in landmark ruling
UPDATED 9:41 A.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as t...
Dec 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, at the Vatican, December 17, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
