Category Archives: Top Stories
US leadership 'holds the world together,' Biden says in bid for Ukraine, Israel funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden launched an urgent mission on Thursday to get Americans behind billions more dollars in spending for Israel and Ukraine, using a rare Oval Office speech to s...
Oct 19, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation about his approaches to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian assistance in Gaza and continued support for Ukraine in their war with Russia, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
Hagaman returns for one more season on the ice for Peoria Rivermen
PEORIA, Ill. - He apparently had a change of heart. After retiring from the ice last year and becoming an Associate Head Coach of the Peoria Rivermen, the team says Alec Hagaman will instead step down...
Oct 19, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New Lincoln mural officially installed
PEORIA, Ill. - It's up. The new Abraham Lincoln mural is up at the spot the old mural resided...outside the Peoria County Courthouse. The county says work was completed Wednesday on "Abraham Blue 2023...
Oct 19, 2023 (Ken Zurski/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Lottery brings in big bucks in most recent fiscal year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Record jackpots led to record income for the Illinois Lottery. The Lottery on Thursday reported its numbers from the 2023 fiscal year, which ended on June 30th. They include a reco...
Oct 19, 2023 (Illinois Lottery)
Pritzker launches self-funded nationwide abortion rights advocacy organization
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker is self-funding the launch of a new political advocacy group aimed at fighting for abortion rights across the U.S. - an extension of sizable donations he's b...
Oct 19, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in a file photo. On Wednesday, he announced he will self-fund a new political advocacy group aimed at fighting for abortion rights across the U.S. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Russia detains US journalist with dual nationality; US sees harassment
UPDATED 2:18 p.m. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has detained an editor at U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for failing to register as a foreign agent while visiting for a family emergen...
Oct 19, 2023 Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tatar-Bashkir Service, poses in this undated handout photo. Pangea Graphics (RFE/RL)/Handout via REUTERS
More in Peoria speaking out about Israel-Hamas war
PEORIA, Ill. - Another rally in Peoria amid the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine. One reportedly happened over the weekend - another Wednesday, near Campustown and Bradley University. The conc...
Oct 19, 2023 (25 News)
Israeli minister says troops will soon see Gaza 'from inside'
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border on Thursday that they will soon see the Palestinian enclave "from inside", suggesting an expecte...
Oct 19, 2023 Palestinians work amidst the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
One injured in car crash near Peoria Airport
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to the hospital after a car crash not far from the Peoria International Airport. Illinois State Police say it happened on Dirksen Parkway around 7:45 a.m. Thursday ...
Oct 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
Portions of central Illinois still experiencing some level of drought
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The days have gotten cooler with a little more rain falling, but portions of central Illinois remain dry. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows nearly all of...
Oct 19, 2023 (National Weather Service)
