Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois to send out checks to people with unclaimed property
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If you have unclaimed property in the state of Illinois, you could be getting it back soon. The state will be sending out checks of up to $5,000 to more than 66-thousand people as ...
Aug 24, 2023 Mike Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer, speaks with supporters in Peoria in January, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Roark Capital to buy sandwich chain Subway for up to $9.55 billion -sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Private equity firm Roark Capital agreed on Thursday to buy Subway, in a deal that people familiar with the matter said values the U.S. sandwich chain at up to $9.55 billion, inclu...
Aug 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person walks by a Subway restaurant in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo/File Photo
Drought levels remain the same as the previous week across Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions remain unchanged in Illinois, despite record heat blanketing the state. The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows levels are about the same as the prev...
Aug 24, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATE: Putin delivers mixed tribute to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin after deadly plane crash
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin on Thursday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader's plane crashe...
Aug 24, 2023 Police officers keep guard at a checkpoint near the site of the crash of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
Peoria Park District unveils plans for a new roller skating loop
PEORIA, Ill. - A new roller skating loop is coming to Peoria's Lakeview Park. It'll be built just outside the Owens Center. State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth has worked with the Peoria Park District to ge...
Aug 24, 2023 Photo courtesy of 25 News
How the Peoria Chiefs beat the heat -- and help fans do the same
UPDATED 1:36 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Chiefs have been playing through the near-record-high heat this week, as they continue a homestand with the West Michigan White Caps. Media relations manage...
Aug 24, 2023 (Peoria Chiefs)
UPDATE: Ex-cop kills three, wounds six at California biker bar
UPDATED 7:11 P.M. (Reuters) -A former police officer killed three people and wounded six others when opening fire at a famed biker bar in Southern California before he was shot dead by police late on ...
Aug 24, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose 'loyalty over truth'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After a nearly three-week trial that pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's world, the fate of one of Madiga...
Aug 23, 2023 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan, right, is a key figure in the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of his chief of staff for more than 25 years, Tim Mapes, left. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
UPDATE: Most Republican rivals say they would support Trump as nominee even if convicted
UPDATED 10:11 P.M. MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Six of the eight Republican presidential hopefuls at their party's first 2024 debate on Wednesday indicated they would support former President Donald Trump as ...
Aug 23, 2023 Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum pose together before the start before the start of the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Human case of West Nile Virus in Woodford County, as state also reports first fatality this year from the virus
CHICAGO - A human case of West Nile Virus has been reported in Woodford County. That's according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, who confirmed no other details. The case is one of twelve ...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
