Category Archives: Top Stories
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Saying she refused to be a "battered wife," U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday she was resigning from the House of Representatives in the wake of a dr...
Nov 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a campaign event of Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) in Lindale, Georgia, U.S., October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
Governor Pritzker awards $10 million to Illinois small businesses
Skokie, ILL - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced nearly $10 million in grants for 47 small businesses across the state. The funding, awarde...
Nov 21, 2025 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) smiles as supporters chant his name during an appearance at Illinois Central College's Workforce Sustainability Center on June 26th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Peoria Men Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors
Two Peoria men are facing serious charges involving the sexual abuse of minors, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office. Sergio Delgado-Rodriguez, 26, was charged Thursday with aggrav...
Nov 21, 2025 Midwest Communications
Lilly becomes first drugmaker to hit $1 trillion valuation on weight-loss demand
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly hit $1 trillion in market value on Friday, making it the first drugmaker to enter the exclusive club dominated by tech giants and underscoring its rise as a weight-loss powerhouse...
Nov 21, 2025 A screen displays the logo and trading information for Eli Lilly and Company on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Trump says Ukraine's Zelenskiy will have to approve US-backed peace plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will have to like a U.S.-backed peace plan to halt Russia's invasion and ultimately approve it, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters...
Nov 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tyson Foods to close US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tyson Foods will close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker sa...
Nov 21, 2025 Packets of Tyson Chicken Nuggets, a brand owned by Tyson Foods, Inc., are seen in a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Oil prices settle down at lowest in a month as US seeks Russia-Ukraine peace deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices eased about 1% on Friday to settle at one-month lows as the U.S. pushed for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that could boost global oil supplies, while uncertainty over U.S....
Nov 21, 2025 A view of an oil pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Todd Korol
Roof Collapses During Fire at Canton Resale Store
UPDATE - 3:41 P.M. (Canton, Ill.) - A portion of a roof collapsed Friday afternoon during a fire at a Canton resale store. Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly two hours at Odds and Ends Resale o...
Nov 21, 2025 Canton Fire Department tackle a fire that a collapsed a roof of a downtown Canton building.
Putin says U.S. peace plan can be the basis for peace in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that U.S. proposals for peace in Ukraine could be the basis of a resolution of the conflict but that if Kyiv turned down the plan then...
Nov 21, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria County Coroner raises alarm over right-to-die bill
Illinois coroners are sounding the alarm about the right-to-die legislation sitting on Governor JB Pritzker's desk, saying they were completely shut out of the process and warning the bill could cause...
Nov 21, 2025 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood speaks on the death of one-month-old Grayson Luncsford at a press conference on September 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
