Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Jury finds Brandon Walker guilty of murder in the death of Navin Jones
UPDATED 3:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - "My office, this jury, and our community have cared more for Navin in his death than his parents ever did in his life. Good riddance to them." Those are the words in a...
Dec 15, 2023 Terry Muench, Assistant Peoria County States Attorney, gives the prosecution closing argument Friday in the murder trial of Brandon Walker, seated at right. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
White House in 'intensive' talks with Israel on timing of next phase of Gaza war
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Washington is pushing Israel to focus the war in Gaza on precise targeting of Hamas leaders rather than widespread bombing and ground operations, the White House national securit...
Dec 15, 2023 U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
ICC property back on the market, despite plans for hotel development downtown
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans for a hotel project in downtown Peoria are now in question, with one of the properties associated with it back on the market. Keith Weinstein's Greystone Realty Group reached a re...
Dec 15, 2023 (25 News)
Garage damaged after Friday morning fire in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire is investigating the cause of a fire from Friday morning to a garage in the East Bluff. Crews arrived just before 8:00 A.M. to the area of Virginia and Indiana to find heavy...
Dec 15, 2023 D4E / CC
State regulators once again flex muscle in rejecting utilities' grid plans, lessening rate hikes
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday curtailed proposed rate hikes and rejected grid plans from two major electric utilities, mirroring a series of bombshell ...
Dec 15, 2023 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott is pictured at a packed meeting in Chicago on Thursday as he reads a decision that will limit spending by two major electric utilities. The agency rejected grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
AT&T to buy Rivian electric vehicles in pilot deal to cut cost, emissions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier AT&T will purchase some electric vehicles from startup Rivian in a pilot program to evaluate ways to reduce cost, cut carbon emissions and improve s...
Dec 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Israel-Hamas fighting convulses Gaza as U.S. seeks protection of civilians
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces and Hamas fought fierce battles throughout Gaza on Friday, witnesses said, suggesting Israel's ground offensive was meeting stiffer resistance as the U.S. nudged i...
Dec 15, 2023 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Sami Abu Tabak
State public health officials looking to slow spread of respiratory viruses as cases rise
CHICAGO, Ill. - The state of Illinois is asking healthcare facilities to ramp up efforts to mitigate respiratory viruses as cases increase. Data from the Center for Disease Control's COVID Data Tracke...
Dec 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US Senate to vote on Ukraine funding, border security next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on military aid for Ukraine and Israel next week as negotiations continue over changes to U.S. border security policy that would be tied to the funding,...
Dec 14, 2023 The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/ File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block assault weapons ban as full legal challenges progress
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued two orders this week turning down requests to block enforcement of Illinois' assault weapons ban while challenges to the law are sti...
Dec 14, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions at a news conference Thursday in Springfield. Pritzker said he believes Illinois' assault weapons ban is constitutional as gun rights advocates prepare to challenge the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
