Category Archives: Top Stories
Peoria Firefigthters 'Fill the Truck' again to help kids going back to school. Here's how
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters once again did much better than they expected collecting backpacks, school supplies, and money to buy more, all for local kids. In the second year of their "Fill the...
Will Stevenson Jul 25, 2023 300 scientific calculators donated to the Peoria Fire Department will be added to some of the nearly 900 backpacks full of school supplies collected by the department, and will be given to local students. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US judge blocks Biden's new border asylum restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan for deterring m...
TJ Carson Jul 25, 2023 Migrants are seen gathered on the U.S.-Mexico border at sunrise after the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez
Teenage son of LeBron James in stable condition after cardiac arrest
(Reuters) - The 18-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James suffered a cardiac arrest while practicing with the University of Southern California basketball team and was in stable condition, ESPN repor...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Mar 28, 2023; Houston, TX, USA; West guard Bronny James (6) with father LeBron James following the McDonald's All American Boy's high school basketball game at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
UPDATE: UPS, union avert strike with planned 5-year deal, pay increase
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. (Reuters) -UPS and its Teamsters union have agreed on a tentative contract deal for about 340,000 U.S. workers at the parcel delivery firm, one week ahead of a threatened strike that...
TJ Carson Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: UPS workers, who are members of the Teamsters Union, take part in a 'practice picket line' ahead of an upcoming possible strike, outside of a UPS Distribution Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Mackinaw man dies in motorsports crash over the weekend in Indiana. Here's what we know
MOROCCO, Ind. - A Mackinaw man died in a motorsports crash this past weekend in Indiana. The Newton County Sheriff's Office responded to the US 41 Motorplex at around 5:30 P.M. on reports of a fatal c...
TJ Carson Jul 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US consumer confidence rises to two-year high in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence increased to a two-year high in July amid continued optimism about the labor market, though worries about a recession persisted, a survey showed on Tues...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman carries Nike shopping bags at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Commerce, California, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Ron DeSantis involved in car accident but is uninjured, spokesperson says
(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks as he is interviewed by Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson (not pictured) during the Family Leadership Summit at the Iowa Events Center, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
Arson to blame for Peoria fire Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that destroyed a Peoria home appears to have been intentionally set. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews were called to S. Brown Street, just off SW Jefferson Avenue, ar...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Body of Obamas' personal chef recovered from Martha's Vineyard lake
(Reuters) - A missing paddle boarder whose body was recovered from a lake in the Massachusetts resort community of Martha's Vineyard was the personal chef to former President Barack Obama, authorities...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US House Republicans bring culture wars into spending showdown with Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is due to begin voting this week on a series of spending bills that take aim at culture-war targets, putting it on a coll...
Julia Bradley Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo