Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker looking at gas tax relief beyond state budget proposal
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he's looking at ways the state can lower the price of gas. Pritzker's State of the State and budget address in February included a proposal to canc...
Mar 18, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
UPDATE: Missing Danvers man found dead in pond
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. DANVERS, Ill. - A man the Tazewell County Sheriffs Department asked for help locating earlier Friday was found dead. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Patrick Lindsey, 69, ...
Mar 18, 2022
ICC trustees vote to keep Fall 22, Spring 23 and Summer 23 tuition rates flat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Central College is pledging to keep its tuition rates flat for a third straight year. On Thursday, the ICC Board of Trustees voted to keep the in-district tuition rate at $155...
Mar 18, 2022 Illinois Central College
Legislation aims to change Illinois' sexual assault laws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Lawmakers are working on bills to close loopholes in Illinois sexual assault laws. One measure, sponsored by Rep. Katie Stuart of Collinsville, is based on a case in another state...
Mar 18, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
US seeks China's help to end Russia's war in Ukraine
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden sought to prevent Beijing giving new life to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a video call with his Chinese counterpart on Friday as stalled Russ...
Mar 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A TV screen shows news of a video meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Hong Kong, China November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
New Illinois legislation addresses war on Ukraine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Democrats have put together new legislation addressing Russia's war on Ukraine. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Lindsey Lapointe, of Chicago, said this is one of the most ...
Mar 18, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Moderna seeks FDA authorization for second COVID booster for all adults
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc on late Thursday sought emergency use authorization from U.S. health regulators for a second COVID-19 booster shot, as a surge in cases in some parts of the world fuels fears of...
Mar 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Missiles strike Lviv as Biden pressures Xi to abandon Moscow
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia fired missiles at an airport near Lviv on Friday, a city where hundreds of thousands found refuge far from Ukraine's battlefields, as Moscow tries to regain the i...
Mar 18, 2022 Firefighters work at the site of a fire at the Barabashova market, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Lapshyn
U.S. citizen killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was killed in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv while waiting in a bread line amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, his family said on Thursday. "My b...
Mar 17, 2022 A residential building damaged by shelling is seen, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 17, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
13-year-old drove pickup that collided with van killing 9 in Texas -NTSB
(Reuters) -A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that collided with a van in Texas, killing nine people, including six members of a New Mexico college's men's and women's golf team and a coach, t...
Mar 17, 2022 Midwest Communications
