Category Archives: Top Stories
JD Vance asks for patience in Pennsylvania on US cost of living
ALBURTIS, Pennsylvania, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for patience as the administration works to rein in high living costs during a speech in Pennsylvania one week after Pres...
Dec 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to journalist during a meeting with the Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the presidential residence, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Leo Correa/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pritzker signs $1.5B plan to overhaul public transportation, avoid service cuts
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to provide $1.5 billion in new revenue for public transportation agencies while creating a new Chicago-area oversight agency. The plan does not include a...
Dec 16, 2025 A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IHSA approves football playoff expansion to include more teams in postseason play
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The state high school football playoffs are getting bigger. The Illinois High School Association announced on Tuesday that a proposal to add 16 more teams to each of the eight clas...
Dec 16, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
Dec 16 (Reuters) - The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving the campus and sur...
Dec 16, 2025 Cordon tape at the site of Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
Trump's $300 million White House ballroom makeover faces day in court
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to build a $300 million ballroom on White House grounds faces an early courtroom test on Tuesday after preservationists accused him of ille...
Dec 16, 2025 The construction site of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom is lit up as work continues late into the night at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US job growth beats expectations in November; unemployment rate at 4.6%
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rebounded in November after nonfarm payrolls declined in October because of government spending cuts, but the unemployment rate was at 4.6% as the labor ...
Dec 16, 2025 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Illinois leaders 'won't back down' following Trump's order limiting AI regulation
Article Summary President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week targeting state laws that regulate artificial intelligence. Illinois has enacted a half dozen AI laws, regulating use in clas...
Dec 16, 2025 State Rep. Bob Morgan on the floor of the Illinois House in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Washington council approves new city administrator
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington City Council voted Monday night in favor of making Jeff Fiegenschuh their new city administrator. Mayor Lilija Stevens said Fiegenschuh's background in strong organizatio...
Dec 16, 2025 Washington's City Council Monday night approved Jeff Fiegenschuh as city adminstrator. (City of Washington Youtube)
With no winner Monday night, Powerball jackpot grows to $1.25 billion
Urbandale, Ia. - No one won Monday night's Powerball jackpot of over $1.1 billion. The winning numbers were: 23, 35, 59, 63, 68...with a Powerball of 2. There were "Match 5" $1 million winners in Ariz...
Dec 16, 2025 (Powerball)
Bridge on Harmon Highway to be rebuilt in 2026
PEORIA, Ill. - A major road project for Bellevue's portion of Harmon Highway is expected to start in a few weeks. IDOT announced that Illinois Route 116 will close to all traffic on January 2nd for th...
Dec 15, 2025 Midwest Communications
