Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Hamas frees more Israeli hostages, Palestinian official says
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas started handing over more Israeli hostages on Tuesday to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a Palestinian official said, on the fif...
Nov 28, 2023 A Red Cross vehicle carrying hostages abducted by Hamas militants during the October 7 attack on Israel, arrives at Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in southern Gaza Strip, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
US asking Israel to avoid civilian displacements in any south Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is asking Israel to take greater care to protect civilians and limit damage to infrastructure if it launches an offensive in southern Gaza to avoid further displacement...
Nov 28, 2023 An Israeli Merkava tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Israel, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended two days; 11 more hostages freed
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that was on the verge of expiring was extended by two days, mediator Qatar said on Monday, raising the prospect the Palestinian grou...
Nov 27, 2023 People gather as hostages are released by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Man, paroled in 1984 murder, convicted of trying to have sex with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - Federal officials say a Peoria man whom they claim to be a former Death Row inmate has been found guilty of trying to have sexual contact with a minor. The U.S. Attorney says Jeffrey Pa...
Nov 27, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Candidates for 2024 primary brave cold for potential ballot advantage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Monday marked the kickoff for the 2024 election cycle, with hundreds of candidates filing their petitions at the Illinois State Board of Elections. Those in...
Nov 27, 2023 Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022 and is a 2024 GOP candidate for Congress, records a video from the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Nov. 27. Candidates wishing to be in a lottery to appear first on the ballot in the 2024 primary election had to be in line by 8 a.m. Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Victim in Peoria's 25th homicide this year identified
PEORIA, Ill. - We know more about what turned out to be Peoria's 25th homicide of this year, which occurred over the weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy on Deandre Blocker, Sr...
Nov 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Biden to invoke Cold War-era law to boost medical supplies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will invoke a Cold War-era measure to boost investment in U.S. manufacturing of medicines and medical supplies that he has deemed important for national defe...
Nov 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a dinner hosted by the Human Rights Campaign at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Rivian launches leasing for R1T electric pickup truck in some US states
(Reuters) - Rivian Automotive on Monday announced the launch of leasing for its R1T electric pickup truck for customers in select U.S. states. The option, which has been made available in states inclu...
Nov 27, 2023 R1T is seen outside startup Rivian Automotive's electric vehicle factory in Normal, Illinois, U.S. April 11, 2022. Picture taken April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
UPDATE: New management at Lincoln Terrace on Peoria's South Side is a partnership. Here's what we know
UPDATED 4:47 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Residents of a housing complex on the South Side of Peoria have new managers. The Peoria Housing Authority Development Corporation announced on Monday a partnership to...
Nov 27, 2023 (Peoria Housing Authority)
UPDATE: Peoria council approves Pere Marquette redevelopment agreement
UPDATED 11/29 5:14 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a redevelopment agreement for the Pere Marquette Hotel, now that it and adjoining buildings have bee...
Nov 27, 2023 (25 News)
