Category Archives: Top Stories
Comptroller: Record high Rainy Day Fund, record low bill backlog
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - While you can probably speculate on just how the state of Illinois got all this money, the state's Comptroller is using it to do two things the state hasn't really ever done before...
Apr 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
Fatal crash Wednesday morning in Fulton County
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - One person is dead after a head-on crash Wednesday morning in Fulton County. 25 News reports the two-vehicle crash occurred on County Highway 2 near Ulest Road just before 8:00 A...
Apr 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
'Donald Trump raped me,' writer says at civil trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The writer suing Donald Trump for allegedly raping her nearly 30 years ago told jurors at a civil trial on Wednesday that the former U.S. president sexually assaulted her and defam...
Apr 26, 2023 E. Jean Carroll, Former U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser, departs following the start of a civil case at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Republican debt-ceiling bill takes step forward in US House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican bill that would raise the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion and slash spending took a step forward in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, after party leaders ...
Apr 26, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks following a closed door meeting on Captiol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Xi holds first talks with Zelenskiy since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
KYIV/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy by telephone on Wednesday for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fulfilling a longstanding g...
Apr 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news briefing with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after an overview of polish made Rosomak armoured personnel carriers in Warsaw, Poland April 5, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally announces White House bid
(Reuters) - Former Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential bid on Wednesday, in a speech that portrayed himself as a more moderate alternative to party fron...
Apr 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Spring Kick-off in West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
UPDATE: Disney sues Florida's DeSantis over efforts to 'weaponize' government over free speech
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co sued Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, asking a court to overturn state efforts to control the Walt Disney World theme parks and intens...
Apr 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People gather at the Magic Kingdom theme park before the "Festival of Fantasy" parade at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, U.S. July 30, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Minnesota-based company to buy R.P. Home & Harvest
MARSHALL, Minn. - A farm-retail store chain with two central Illinois locations will have new owners soon. Minnesota-based Runnings is planning to purchase R.P. Home & Harvest. The purchase is exp...
Apr 26, 2023 ((Runnings Facebook Page))
Government paints ex-ComEd officials as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberations
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorneys for both the defendants and the government made the same appeal to a federal jury Tuesday before it was left to deliberate the fate of four former Commonwea...
Apr 26, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Man charged with Residential Arson after apartment building fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A resident of a Peoria apartment building is being charged by a Peoria County grand jury with Residential Arson. The Class-1 felony charge was filed Tuesday against Carlos Almaraz-Alfer...
Apr 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
