Category Archives: Top Stories
Tax credits, prison reform pass in veto session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers last week passed significant legislation dealing with electric vehicle manufacturing incentives and the availability of hygiene products ...
Dec 05, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
North Carolina electric grid shooter 'knew exactly what they were doing,' sheriff says
(Reuters) -The orchestrator of gunfire attacks on power stations in North Carolina that left nearly an entire county without electricity for a second straight day knew "exactly" how to disable the sta...
Dec 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaks at a Democratic Party watch party as the primary elections wrap up in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Holiday shows bring record-breaking weekend to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- It was another record-breaking weekend for the Peoria Civic Center. Harry Connick, Jr's show Saturday night was sold out, bringing a new record for the highest grossing theater concert...
Dec 05, 2022 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
U.S. delays enforcing tougher ID rules until May 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) said Monday it will delay enforcement of rules requiring Americans to get new identification cards in order to board airplanes or ent...
Dec 05, 2022 United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, returns to Denver International Airport with its starboard engine on fire after it called a Mayday alert, over Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 20, 2021. Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via REUTERS
Central Illinois lawmaker will step down before next General Assembly
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A longtime Central Illinois state legislator has announced he will be stepping down in favor of family and personal commitments once his current term is over. The announcement cam...
Dec 05, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
IMPACT Central Illinois announces historic grant funding for 2023
PEORIA, Ill. -- A women-only philanthropy group in central Illinois is announcing the "impact" they will have for a variety of causes in the region. This week, the area's IMPACT 100 group announced th...
Dec 05, 2022 MWC
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward web designer with anti-gay marriage stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Monday toward an evangelical Christian web designer whose business refuses to provide services for same-sex marriage...
Dec 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets on the U.S. Supreme Court building after a stormy day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Deadline approaching for Salvation Army holiday assistance
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's still time to sign up for the Salvation Army's holiday assistance program. The last day for in-person sign-ups for toys, red stockings and food baskets in Peoria is this Wednes...
Dec 05, 2022
Senate candidates make last pitch in Georgia midterm election runoff
CUMMING, Ga. (Reuters) - With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-the-vote effort a...
Dec 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock takes a selfie with attendees as he campaigns ahead of the U.S. Senate run-off election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
North Carolina county placed under curfew after power station attack, FBI investigating
(Reuters) -Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities calle...
Dec 05, 2022 Duke Energy personnel work to restore power at a crippled electrical substation after the Moore County Sheriff said that vandalism caused a mass power outage, in Carthage, North Carolina, U.S. December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
