Category Archives: Top Stories
Democrats win, retain seats at State Capitol
PEORIA, Ill. - Some local Democrats will keep their seats in the Illinois General Assembly after the midterm elections. One of those, 92nd District State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth, will retain...
Nov 09, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
LaHood wins term in new 16th Congressional District
PEORIA, Ill. - A member of the family of new 16th District Congressman Darin LaHood, presumably, got to vote for his dad for the first time. That's not to say that dad didn't have to give his son Luca...
Nov 09, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker poised for second term as Bailey concedes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By the time speakers came out to pray, say the Pledge of Allegiance and play the national anthem at Republican challenger Darren Bailey's election night wat...
Nov 08, 2022 Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton stand with their families on the stage of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on Election Night 2022 after the Associated Press called the Illinois governor's race for the incumbent. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
DeSantis wins re-election in Florida governor's race
(Reuters) - Republican Ron DeSantis was re-elected governor of Florida on Tuesday, Edison Research projected, setting him up for a possible presidential run in 2024. DeSantis, who won office by less t...
Nov 08, 2022 Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis waves from stage with his wife Casey and children during his 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
U.S. has seen no 'specific or credible threat' to disrupt midterm vote
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - American officials are not seeing any credible threats aimed at the country's voting machines or poll books during the U.S. midterm elections, a senior federal cyb...
Nov 08, 2022 A voter enters a polling station to cast her ballot in the 2022 U.S. midterm election in dowtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar
State: Six months of record low unemployment claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You might have your doubts, but state officials apparently don't. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state has recorded what they call a "new, unprecedented nu...
Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Voting machine problems in battleground Arizona seized on by Trump, election deniers
PHOENIX (Reuters) -Problems with dozens of electronic vote counting machines in the battleground state of Arizona on Tuesday were seized upon by former Republican President Donald Trump and his follow...
Nov 08, 2022 Voters arrive to cast their ballots in the midterm elections in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Concerns about downtown Courtyard by Marriott
PEORIA, Ill. - It's apprently been going on since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many may not have known about it until recently. 25 News reports they were told by a number of guests attendin...
Nov 08, 2022 (25 News)
Florida's Atlantic coast prepares for Storm Nicole
(Reuters) -Millions of Floridians were on an emergency footing on Tuesday as a subtropical storm steamed toward the state's Atlantic coast, threatening to drive a dangerous storm surge in the area wit...
Nov 08, 2022 Beachgoers are shown as tropical storm Nicole approaches the state in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2022. Officials have warned of the possibility of severe beach erosion from the storm. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Big weekend for Peoria Civic Center, with more to come
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center is making quite the comeback. The Civic Center Tuesday confirmed what they projected during a period where eighteen events were being hosted in 12 days at the do...
Nov 08, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
