Category Archives: Top Stories
Curran eyes 'balance' as he prepares to lead Illinois Senate's GOP minority
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Senate Minority Leader-elect John Curran will take over a caucus that's more than doubled in size by the majority-party Democrats. His goal: "Bring balance ...
Nov 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois General Assembly)
Home likely destroyed after early morning blaze in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- An investigation continues in the wake of a devastating fire in one Washington, Illinois neighborhood. Local fire officials say it happened just before 8:40 a.m. Friday morning at ...
Nov 18, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
Ground broken on new East Peoria fire station
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A project that's been talked about for 30 years in East Peoria, but really put into motion in the last three years, is now about to become reality. Ground has been broken on a $3.5...
Nov 18, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Justice Department names war crimes expert as special counsel for Trump probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations related to Don...
Nov 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Western New York eyes weekend deluge of lake-effect snow
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Parts of Western New York state woke up on Friday to nearly 2 feet (0.6 meter) of "lake effect" snow, about half of the total accumulations that forecasters say squalls blowi...
Nov 18, 2022 A resident plows driveway during a snowstorm as extreme winter weather hits Buffalo, New York, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
Elizabeth Holmes arrives in court to face sentencing for Theranos fraud
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) -Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrived on Friday at a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif., where she is scheduled to be sentenced for defrauding investors in her now-...
Nov 18, 2022 Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives with her family and partner Billy Evans to be sentenced on her convictions for defrauding investors in the blood testing startup at the federal courthouse in San Jose, California, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small
Man wanted since April for shooting arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they finally have a man in custody who's been wanted since an April shooting. Police say Jahmahn Williams, 19, was arrested Thursday on charges of Aggravated Battery, ...
Nov 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Festival of Lights Parade ushers in the holiday season Saturday
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria's Festival of Lights Parade returns for a 38th year this weekend. It brings thousands of people to Central Illinois. Spectators come from all over the Midwest, even ot...
Nov 18, 2022 (East Peoria Festival of Lights Facebook page)
Tesla recalls about 30,000 Model X cars over air bag issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla Inc recalled nearly 30,000 Model X cars in the United States over an issue that may cause the front passenger air bag to deploy incorrectly. The air bag could deploy incorr...
Nov 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model X electric vehicle is shown in this picture illustration taken in Moscow, Russia July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Update: Crews remain on-scene of ISU farm fire
LEXINGTON, Ill. -- A building has completely collapsed due to a large fire on Illinois State University's farm in Lexington. According to the Lexington Fire Department, the farm's large 1,000 foot lon...
Nov 18, 2022 (Lexington Fire Department-Facebook)
