Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois extends enrollment deadline for health insurance plans beginning Feb. 1
Article Summary Illinois residents now have until Jan. 31 to enroll in health insurance through Get Covered Illinois. Officials from the new state-run marketplace announced the extension on Jan. 12, f...
Jan 12, 2026 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Some Republican lawmakers unsettled by probe of Powell, warn of impact on Fed
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A growing number of Republicans in Congress expressed concern on Monday about the Trump administration's threat to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with two s...
Jan 12, 2026 U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) arrives to attend a briefing for senators on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Fire Department to hire more firefighters through federal grant
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is getting some hiring help from the federal government. 17th District Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen announced the department has been awarded a more t...
Jan 12, 2026 (City of Peoria)
Needling Trump as 2028 looms: Inside JB Pritzker's all-of-the-above media strategy
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker has ramped up his media appearances in 2025 by embracing social media influencers and bringing his message to a national audience. President Donald Trump is one of Pri...
Jan 12, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters outside the Illinois State Board of
Elections in Springfield after filing petitions to run for a third term on Oct. 27, 2025.
(Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Tentative contract with Peoria firefighters includes higher pay, changes in residency rules
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Union members representing Peoria firefighters have ratified a tentative three-year contract with the city that would give them annual raises plus incentives to stay with the ...
Jan 12, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Homeland Security to send hundreds more officers to Minnesota, Noem says
By Julia Harte, Matt Tracy and Curtis Williams Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sai...
Jan 12, 2026 U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a man off the sidewalk, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 10, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Iran says communications open with US, Trump weighs response to crackdown on protests
By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violen...
Jan 12, 2026 Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTER
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices down a few cents, national prices almost unchanged
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.9 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.79 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 16.4 cents lower than a month ago and 38.7 ...
Jan 12, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
'One Battle,' 'Hamnet' claim top trophies at Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony
By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway BEVERLY HILLS, California, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Dark comedy "One Battle After Another" and "Hamnet," a story about William Shakespeare's grief over the death of hi...
Jan 12, 2026 Sara Murphy, Teyana Taylor, Paul Thomas Anderson and Chase Infiniti pose with the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award for "One Battle After Another" at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Update: Mississippi man accused of killing six, including 7-year-old child and pastor
Updated 1/12 at 04:35 a.m. Jan 10 (Reuters) - A man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the Friday night deaths of six people, including a child, in Clay County, Mississippi, law...
Jan 10, 2026 Police tape is seen at a crime scene in Dallas, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
