Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Tornado in Texas kills four people, flattens buildings
Updated 10:12 a.m. (Reuters) -A tornado ripped through the northern Texas town of Matador on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring several others while damaging at least a dozen buildings, offic...
Jun 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. House censures prominent Democrat for work on Trump probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican effort on Wednesday to censure Representative Adam Schiff, a rare move intended to punish the Democrat for his leading ro...
Jun 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) departs a House Democratic Caucus meeting ahead of an expected vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a bill raising the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/ File Photo
Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira pleads not guilty to US federal charges
(Reuters) -An Air National Guardsman accused of leaking U.S. military secrets pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to six federal counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information rela...
Jun 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters/File Photo
U.S. Republican hardliners try to force Biden impeachment vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least two hardline Republicans plan to try to force the U.S. House to vote on whether to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden and members of his administration, over the obj...
Jun 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades//File Photo
Illinois expands use of police surveillance drones
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Next time you attend a parade, there might be an eye in the sky. A new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday expands local police departments' authority to use dro...
Jun 21, 2023 State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is pictured on the floor of the Illinois House during a May 25, 2023, debate over a bill to allow police departments to use drones to surveil crowds. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US Supreme Court's Alito defends private jet trip to Alaska
(Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has acknowledged taking a private jet to Alaska for a luxury fishing trip in 2008 but defended his failure to disclose the flight provid...
Jun 21, 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
Pair arrested on multiple drug and weapons charges Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Two males were arrested on multiple drugs and weapons charges Tuesday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police says a search warrant was executed at a house in the area of Grand Blvd. and Cre...
Jun 21, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria coffee shop announces permanent closure
PEORIA, Ill. - A downtown Peoria coffee shop is closing its doors for good. thirty-thirty Coffee announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday that Sunday, June 25th, will be its final business day. The...
Jun 21, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fed's Powell, in testimony, says inflation fight has "long way to go"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's fight to lower inflation back to its 2% target "has a long way to go," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday in testimony prepared for deli...
Jun 21, 2023 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on "The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, US FTC says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and mak...
Jun 21, 2023 An Amazon Prime truck is pictured as it crosses the George Washington Bridge on Interstate Route 95 during Amazon's two-day "Prime Early Access Sale" shopping event for Amazon members in New York City, New York, U.S., October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar
