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Former ComEd CEO sought soft landing for Madigan chief of staff who was fired for sexual harassment
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois)- In the weeks following then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's forced ouster of his longtime chief of staff following allegations of sexual harassment, a h...
Mar 30, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
Creve Coeur home extensively damaged after fire
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - A home in Creve Couer suffered heavy damage from a mid-day fire Thursday. Creve Coeur Fire Chief Brad Gill says the home on Glendale Street had a lot of damage on the first floor, ...
Mar 30, 2023 (25 News)
U.S. investigating Minnesota train carrying ethanol that derailed, prompting evacuation
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration are investigating the derailment Thursday of a freight train carrying ethanol near a small town in Min...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Republican energy bill passes U.S. House, sends to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican energy reform bill intended to bolster U.S. oil and gas production while scaling back climate initiatives, the ...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
17-year-old injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police says a teenager was injured in a shooting near Hightower Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Wednesday night. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after...
Mar 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden on Friday to visit Mississippi town devastated by tornado
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday after the town was devastated by a tornado last week that killed 26 people, the...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks after getting off Marine One to board Air Force One, after surveying storm-damaged areas of California's central coast, in Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California, U.S., January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Fire damages East Peoria house
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire at an East Peoria single-family house Thursday morning is under investigation. The East Peoria Fire Department says they responded to the fire in the area of Jo...
Mar 30, 2023 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Canton man arrested on child porn charges
CANTON, Ill. -- A Canton man has been arrested for alleged production and possession of child pornography. Illinois State Police took 24-year-old Jonathan E. Allard into custody on Wednesday after a w...
Mar 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois State Police)
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; fourth-quarter GDP trimmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, showing no signs yet that tightening credit conditions were having a material impa...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Pope Francis in much better health after antibiotics, Vatican says
UPDATE: 1:59 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbea...
Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis speaks during a general audience at St Peter's Square, Vatican City, March, 29, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
