Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Biden says 4-year-old US hostage in Gaza is released
UPDATED 11:31 A.M. NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Sunday said a 4-year-old U.S. hostage was released from captivity in Gaza and returned to Israel as part of a truce. Biden...
Nov 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, following a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, during a press conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
UPDATE: American girl, 4, freed as Hamas hands over more Israeli, Thai hostages
UPDATE: 11:29 a.m. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A four-year-old American girl held by Hamas in Gaza was released on Sunday, President Joe Biden said, as the militant group said it had handed over 13 Israeli h...
Nov 26, 2023 Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
UPDATE: First measurable snowfall of the season in Peoria
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. LINCOLN, Ill. - Your results may vary, but it's possible there's more snow on the ground than you anticipated. The National Weather Service says on average, the first measurable sno...
Nov 26, 2023 A light amount of snow could be seen outside the WMBD Radio studios at Civic Center Plaza downtown Sunday morning. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigate 25th homicide of 2023. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they're investigating what now is the city's 25th homicide of the year. It happened just before 10 p.m Saturday. As officers say four rounds were heard being fired nea...
Nov 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern Gaza
Updated: 11:38 a.m. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The armed wing of Hamas said it had decided to delay Saturday's scheduled second round of hostage releases until Israel committed to allowing aid trucks t...
Nov 25, 2023 A convoy of ambulances heads towards north Gaza during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Former police officer convicted in death of George Floyd is stabbed in prison -media
(Reuters) -Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison on Friday and seriously injured, the Associated Press said, citing...
Nov 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Winter Wonderland opens in East Peoria with new events this year
EAST PEORIA, Ill. --FOLEPI's Winter Wonderland display opened for the holiday season on Black Friday. This is the 30th year it's been a part of the Festival of Lights tradition. Driving through the di...
Nov 25, 2023 (East Peoria Festival of Lights Facebook page)
Israel expects more hostages to be freed, prepares to release Palestinian prisoners
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas was expected to release a second group of Israelis on Saturday as a planned four-day truce to allow an exchange of 50 hostages for Palestinian prisoners continued to ho...
Nov 25, 2023 Hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrive by helicopter at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
UPDATE: Biden hopeful about Israel-Hamas truce extension, US hostages release
UPDATED 3:41 P.M. NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that the chances were "real" of a truce between Israel and Hamas being extended and he expressed hope that U.S. ci...
Nov 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, during a press conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Chicken coop and machine shed damaged in Friday morning fire in rural Mapleton
MAPLETON, Ill. - A chicken coop and a machine shed were damaged after a fire Friday morning in rural Mapleton. Logan-Trivoli Fire Chief David Tuttle says firefighters arrived at a home on Riekena Road...
Nov 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
