Category Archives: Top Stories
Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal agent who shot a Chicago woman multiple times after he said she struck his vehicle with her own bragged about his shooting skills in text messages with other agents, accor...
Nov 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers during a standoff with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
US shutdown sends airlines scrambling as travel chaos looms
(Reuters) -U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation's busiest airports, the latest...
Nov 06, 2025 An airliner, making it's approach, flies past a tree in full autumn color, as flight delays surge from the government shutdown which entered its 30th day, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not run for re-election to Congress in 2026, e...
Nov 06, 2025 U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a press conference, accompanied by members of the Texas Democratic legislators and California Governor Gavin Newsom, at the governor’s mansion in Sacramento, California, U.S., August 8, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Judge orders ICE to clean up conditions in Broadview facility that's 'become a prison'
Article Summary A federal judge is ordering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to clean up its Chicago area processing facility - literally. In a four-page ruling issued Wednesday afte...
Nov 06, 2025 Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of the Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria apartment fire displaces one resident overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire caused $40,000 damage at the Providence Pointe Apartments near downtown Peoria late Wednesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Maroney says crews were called to the building on N...
Nov 06, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Inmate families, advocates speak against mail scanning program
Story Summary: The Illinois Department of Corrections launched a program this year that limits inmates' access to physical mail and instead lets them view electronically scanned images of their...
Nov 06, 2025 Illinois Department of Corrections Director Latoya Hughes listens during a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, on a proposed administrative rule allowing the agency to scan inmates’ incoming mail to reduce the flow of drugs and other contraband entering state prisons. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
A number of Tazewell County Board members are stepping down
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - The Tazewell County Board is experiencing a significant number of vacancies, as six members are not seeking re-election, almost a third of the board. 25 News reports ...
Nov 06, 2025 (Tazewell County)
Investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
(Reuters) -U.S. federal safety investigators have located the "black box" recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, k...
Nov 06, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 4, 2025. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Former Agatucci's co-owner passes away
PEORIA, Ill. - A legend in Peoria's restaurant scene has died. Jerry Agatucci, third generation owner of Agatucci's, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 87. Jerry retired from the restaurant in 20...
Nov 05, 2025 Members of the Agatucci family stand in front of honorary "Via Agatucci" at Gift and University after a street naming ceremony on October 15th, 2025. The ceremony starts a year of celebrations for Agatucci's 100 years in business. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US to slash air traffic by 10% at 40 airports amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on Wednesday that he would order a 10% reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday unless a deal to...
Nov 05, 2025 A commercial aircraft flies past the Washington Monument during a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
