Category Archives: Local News
LaHood explains impeachment 'nay' vote
Washington, D.C. - 18th District Congressman Darin LaHood has released a statement on his vote against impeachment: In less than seven days, we will inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th Pr...
Jan 13, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Illinois House has new leadership
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House has undergone a changing of the guard. Emanuel "Chris" Welch was inaugurated Wednesday afternoon as House Speaker, bringing to an end a nearly four-decade era un...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 1/13: Over 380,000 vaccinations administered
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported a total of 384,658 vaccines administered in the state, including 48,811 for long-term care facilities. As of Tue...
Jan 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. House nears impeaching Trump for second time; McConnell rejects immediate trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday toward a vote to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice, the Senate's top Republican rejected Democr...
Jan 13, 2021 Kevin Dietsch/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Police reforms bill clears IL House, heads for Pritzker's desk
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A controversial police reform bill has passed the Illinois House, hours after it passed in the Illinois Senate. The House approved the Criminal Justice Reform bill, HB 6353, Wedne...
Jan 13, 2021 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Acting U.S. attorney general warns insurrectionists against further attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen warned potential domestic terrorists against further attacks as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office after pro-Trump insu...
Jan 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen speaks at a a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. He was deputy attorney general at the time. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool/File Photo/File Photo
Illinois Senate passes police reform bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Early Wednesday morning, the Illinois Senate passed House Bill 3653, formerly House Bill 163, a criminal justice reform proposal. State Sen. Win Stoller, (R-Germantown Hills), vot...
Jan 13, 2021
Welch becomes top candidate for IL House Speaker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch is now the top contender to take over as Illinois House Speaker. The Hillside Democrat could become Illinois' first Black House Speaker if he garners 60...
Jan 13, 2021 (emanuelchriswelch.com)
With some Republicans on board, U.S. House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised...
Jan 13, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks outside the House chamber as the House prepares to vote on a resolution demanding Vice President Pence and the cabinet remove President Trump from office, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
YouTube suspends Trump's channel after violating policy on inciting violence
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump's channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by the president'...
Jan 12, 2021 REUTERS/Toby Melville
