Category Archives: Top Stories
State board of education looking for new providers in preschool 'deserts'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Even though Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to sign the budget bill lawmakers just passed, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking applicants for some of ...
Jun 02, 2023 Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders is encouraging public and nonpublic organizations to apply for funding to expand the availability of preschool in areas of the state that are currently underserved. He is pictured in his Springfield office. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Oath Keeper sentenced to 3 years in prison for sedition in US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oath Keepers militant group member David Moerschel was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, atta...
Jun 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Judge tosses out Pekin video gaming tax
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County judge has thrown out the City of Pekin's new ordinance charging video gaming operators some of their net revenues. The ordinance would have imposed a 2.5% per terminal ...
Jun 02, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County group to survey broadband internet in rural areas
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County group is gauging the quality of internet in rural areas The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council will send out surveys to homes and businesses in rural parts of t...
Jun 02, 2023 Tim Reckmann / CC
UPDATE: Appellate court rules against County Auditor in bid to stay in office
UPDATED 5:23 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An appellate court has ruled that Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas can't stay in office. A ruling issued Thursday by the Fourth District Appellate Court in Sp...
Jun 02, 2023 (Peoria County)
35,000 ducks for sale to benefit the Center for Prevention of Abuse
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's the longest-running race of its kind. This August, Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse will release 35,000 rubber ducks, the most ever, during their 35th Annual Duck Race. Duc...
Jun 02, 2023 (Center for Prevention of Abuse via Facebook)
US job growth beats expectations in May; unemployment rate rises to 3.7%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased more than expected in May, but a moderation in wages could allow the Federal Reserve to skip an interest rate hike this month for the first time since ...
Jun 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Dev Shah, 14, crowned US National Spelling Bee champion
(Reuters) -Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile," meaning an organism that thrives in sandy soils, in ...
Jun 02, 2023 Dev Shah, 14, reacts after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in National Harbor, Maryland U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US Congress averts historic default, approves debt-limit suspension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a ...
Jun 02, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after Congress approves a debt-limit suspension, averting what would have been a first-ever default, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Mayor: First day of public strategic planning kick-off helpful, valuable
PEORIA, Ill. - he first of two days of meetings involving several hundred Peorians regarding the development of a new strategic plan for the city is in the books. The city hosted two planning sessions...
Jun 01, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
