Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. home sales drop to 12-year low; price growth cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales plunged to a 12-year low in December, but declining mortgage rates raised cautious hope that the embattled housing market could be close to finding a fl...
Will Stevenson Jan 20, 2023 A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Man arrested on weapons charges following traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is in trouble with the law for allegedly having a gun in his possession. Peoria Police say it started around 2:15 a.m. Friday at Newman Parkway and Mission Road in Central ...
Will Stevenson Jan 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Sheriff warns of 'blackmail' scam, mostly involving teen boys
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department is warning parents of a potential scam targeting mostly teenagers in the area. Sheriffs officials are taking to social media, to warn of something ...
Will Stevenson Jan 20, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Office)
U.S. mayors meet in Washington to tackle mental illness, immigration
(Reuters) - Mayors from across the United States gathered in Washington for their annual winter conference this week to tackle major issues facing their cities, with mental health, addiction and mass ...
Will Stevenson Jan 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria attends a news conference to launch a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination supersite in San Diego, California, U.S. February 8, 2021. Sandy Huffaker/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
DCFS, director face lawsuit filed on behalf of jailed wards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Thursday was named in a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of children in state care who have...
Will Stevenson Jan 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Department of Children and Family Services)
Biden has 'no regrets' about handling of classified documents
APTOS, Calif. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has "no regrets" about his handling of classified documents found at his home and former office and that he believes the matter wi...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks while California's Governor Gavin Newsom looks on, as he visits a storm-damaged area in Seacliff State Park, California, U.S., January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Mills
Permanent Vote by Mail applications being sent out in Peoria Co.
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- If you're wanting to skip the line at the polls on Election Day permanently, the Peoria County Election Commission will be mailing out Permanent Vote by Mail applications to reg...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
Abortion opponents push post-Roe agenda at annual Washington march
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of abortion opponents plan to rally in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual "March for Life," marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades a...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Anti abortion activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector
(Reuters) - Google's parent Alphabet Inc is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet's...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2023 A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival 're:publica', at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
USGS to study Illinois River Basin
PEORIA, Ill. - Some helicopters will be flying a little lower than normal over the next month as they study the Illinois River basin. The U-S Geological Survey announced Thursday that much of central ...
Julia Bradley Jan 20, 2023 (usgs.gov)