Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden turns 81 as worries about his age weigh on re-election prospects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turns 81 on Monday, a milestone likely to draw attention to his status as the oldest person to ever occupy the Oval Office, with opinion polls showing A...
Nov 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Marine One at Delaware Air National Guard Base en route to Wilmington, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Holiday travel season expected to be one of the busiest in years
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Millions of Americans are getting ready to hit the road or take to the skies as Thanksgiving approaches. Fox News says this holiday travel season is expected to be one of the busies...
Nov 20, 2023 Chris Oakley / CC
Local gas prices unchanged ahead Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria were unchanged in the past week, averaging $3.41 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of local gas stations. Prices in Peoria are 11.6 a gallo...
Nov 20, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Trump gag order appeal faces skeptical reception in US court
UPDATED 10:59 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. appeals court judges on Monday signaled skepticism toward a request by Donald Trump's lawyers to overturn a gag order imposed on the former president in a...
Nov 20, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump visits the southern border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in Edinburg, Texas, U.S. November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Apartment fire sends three to the hospital in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a Peoria apartment building early Monday morning on reports of a dryer fire. Fire and smoke could be seen coming from the back of the three-story building on...
Nov 20, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: Premature Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt as Israeli tanks encircle second hospital
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza's biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday, while Palestinian authori...
Nov 20, 2023 A premature Palestinian baby, evacuated from Gaza, lies inside an incubator on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt November 20, 2023 in this handout picture. Courtesy of the Egyptian Health Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
(Reuters) -Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called "an extension of myself" owing to his wife's prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted t...
Nov 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter dance at a White House Congressional Ball in Washington, December 13, 1978. Library of Congress/Marion S. Trikosko/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
Washington High School football season comes to an end
WASHINGTON, Ill. - What could arguably be considered a legendary high school football coaching career is officially over. Despite home field advantage, the Washington Panthers lost to defending Class ...
Nov 19, 2023 (Washington High School)
'Fallen Tree of Honor' on display at Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - A way to honor those whose lives were lost in battle is once again on display through the holidays at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. The museum is one of three locations in Central Illin...
Nov 19, 2023 (25 News)
State school board weighs increased funding requests ahead of budget season
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the Illinois State Board of Education say they're receiving more requests for increased funding for next year than the state could possibly aff...
Nov 19, 2023 Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders listens to public comments during the Illinois State Board of Education’s monthly meeting in Chicago on Nov. 16. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
