Category Archives: Top Stories
COVID-19 concern abates due to several key factors
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local expert on infectious diseases says COVID-19 has certainly reached an important and encouraging phase, at least when considering the bigger picture. Most COVID-19 strains are no...
Nov 22, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Fire Chief urges turkey-cooking safety
PEORIA, Ill. - If you haven't started thawing your Thanksgiving turkey yet, and you plan on deep-frying it this year, you're almost out of time. That's according to Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger,...
Nov 22, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Flagpole removed from Old State Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - People walking through downtown Springfield on Monday morning looked up to an unusual sight - a helicopter hovering over the Old State Capitol, dropping a r...
Nov 22, 2022 A helicopter is used to remove the flagpole from atop the Old State Capitol in Springfield on Monday morning as part of a renovation project to reinforce the dome and repair a leaky roof. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Welch, poised for another term as speaker, reflects on growing House majority
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, who recently announced he has the support for another term as House speaker, says he looks forward to governin...
Nov 22, 2022 House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch speaks during a news conference at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield in this January 2021 file photo. Welch says that he has enough votes to be House speaker for a second term and he looks forward to working with an even larger supermajority of Democrats than during his first term. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Republican states seek to preserve Trump-era U.S. border curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of states with Republican attorneys general took legal steps on Monday to retain pandemic border curbs recently ruled unlawful by a U.S. judge, aiming to preserve a ...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures next to a U.S. flag while campaigning for Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats, in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Soccer-Saudi Arabia scores huge upset over Argentina at World Cup
DOHA (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia scored a shock upset against Argentina in the World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Lionel Messi's side which sent pride across the Arab World. On his fifth and fin...
Nov 22, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group C - Argentina v Saudi Arabia - Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar - November 22, 2022 Saudi Arabia's Salem Al-Dawsari scores their second goal REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
I-DOT: Buckle up and drive sober this holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to buckle up and drive sober this Thanksgiving holiday....
Nov 22, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Decorated U.S. Army veteran one of two men who took down Colorado shooter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -A decorated Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who had taken his family to support a drag show performer who was one of his daughter's friends said his U.S. Army training ...
Nov 22, 2022 Flowers, stuffed animals, candles and cards are placed at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
Four-car accident injures one
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A big rush-hour accident on the East Peoria side of the Cedar Street bridge resulted in a traffic backup almost all the way to Creve Coeur. East Peoria Police say the crash happene...
Nov 21, 2022 (25 News)
Luft will not run for Pekin mayor
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Mayor Mark Luft is hanging up his political hat. Luft -- who lost his seat in the Illinois House in the June primary, and who lost his City Manager in a recent vote by the council ...
Nov 21, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
