Category Archives: Top Stories
US Supreme Court extends pause on order requiring Trump to fully fund food aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a judge's order that required President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Ameri...
Nov 11, 2025 A worker sorts fresh fruit and vegetables at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US airlines cancel 1,200 flights Tuesday as shutdown continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Airlines canceled 1,200 flights on Tuesday as air traffic control staffing improved significantly ahead of an expected end to a record-setting government shutdown as soon as Wedn...
Nov 11, 2025 A plane approaches Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Stocks rise, dollar dips with focus on labor market, US government reopening
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI's global equities index rose modestly on Tuesday as investors looked forward to an end to the U.S. government shutdown, while the dollar dipped on concerns about U.S. l...
Nov 11, 2025 A man walks past a brokerage house, as an electronic board displays stock index information graph, in the Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing, China, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
National Weather Service urging people to be ready for winter weather
LINCOLN, Ill. - Central Illinois missed out on the brunt of winter weather early Monday morning, but the National Weather Service wants people to be ready for when it eventually arrives. The awareness...
Nov 11, 2025 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Bard Optical indicted on alleged federal theft charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Bard Optical employee for allegedly stealing close to five million dollars. In a statement from the company, former Accounting Manager Gayle R...
Nov 11, 2025 courtroom gavel
World War II veteran honored by Washington High School students on Veteran's Day
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Community High School is honoring the city's remaining World War Two veteran on Veteran's Day. 102-year-old Max Tessier enlisted in 1943 and served for three years, inclu...
Nov 11, 2025 World War II veteran Max Tessier is escorted on the grounds of Washington Community High School after a Veterans Day ceremony to see flags sold by students with the names of area veterans on them. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US House returns to Washington for vote to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday, after a 53-day break, braving the congestion at the nation's tangled airports for a vote that could ...
Nov 11, 2025 The U.S. Capitol visitor center remains closed more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Pekin approves tax incentives for Court St. redevelopment project
PEKIN, Ill. - New retailers could come to Pekin after the city council approves tax incentives for redevelopment along Court Street. The council Monday night approved an agreement with JPG Commercial ...
Nov 11, 2025 (City of Pekin)
US Supreme Court to hear Republican bid to limit counting of mail-in ballots
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Mississippi's defense of a state law challenged by Republicans that allows a five-day grace period for mail-in ballots received after Electio...
Nov 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits f...
Nov 11, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building is illuminated the night the Senate passed a short-term government funding bill, more than a month into the longest U.S. government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
