Category Archives: Top Stories
Powerball jackpot now over $500 million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - $543 million may just solve any Christmas debt you might have been accumulating. That's the jackpot Monday night in the multi-state Powerball lottery drawing. The jackpot rolled ov...
Dec 18, 2023 (Powerball)
Sedan crashes into Secret Service vehicle in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. - A car smashed into a parked SUV that was part of President Biden's motorcade near his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware Sunday evening. According to FOX News, the sedan ...
Dec 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: U.S. defense chief urges Israel to do more to protect Gaza civilians
UPDATED 12:46 p.m. CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday Washington's support for Israel was "unshakable" but he urged its ally to do more to protect civil...
Dec 18, 2023 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Stewart
Earthquake reported in Southern Illinois
WALTONVILLE, Ill. - There are no reports of damage after another earthquake in southern Illinois. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.1 quake was reported just after 10:00 p.m. Sunday. It ...
Dec 18, 2023 (U.S. Geological Survey)
US warns North Korea against nuclear attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has warned North Korea that any nuclear attack against the nation or its allies "is unacceptable and will result in the end of the (Kim Jong) Un regime," a join...
Dec 18, 2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends what state media report was a launching ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine in North Korea, in this handout image released September 8, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria Heights VFW makes special delivery to Ronald McDonald House
PEORIA, Ill. - A year-long fundraising effort by the Peoria Heights VFW has proven to be extremely successful in just its second year. The post, assisted by the Peoria Sluggers and Jackets softball te...
Dec 18, 2023 (25 News)
Gas prices decline again, on average, in Peoria ara
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices continue to drop in the Peoria area, and one analyst is sticking by a projection that the national average price could drop below $3 a gallon by Christmas. The Peoria-area av...
Dec 18, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Rights group accuses Israel of 'starvation' tactic in Gaza
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A global rights group accused Israel on Monday of committing a war crime by starving people in the Gaza Strip who continued to face relentless attacks in the war with Hamas m...
Dec 18, 2023 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 18, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Children help Pope Francis mark 87th birthday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis turned 87 on Sunday feted by children who helped him blow out a single candle on a white cake. The children, from a Vatican-run paediatric clinic, sang for the po...
Dec 17, 2023 Pope Francis blows a candle on his cake for his 87th birthday, as he meets with a group of sick children from the "Santa Marta" Paediatric Dispensary at the Vatican, December 17, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
'Wreaths Across America' honors vets in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - For the first time, a national effort to honor fallen veterans during the holiday season has come to Tazewell County. "Wreaths Across America" was present Saturday at the Veterans Memori...
Dec 17, 2023 (25 News)
