Category Archives: Top Stories
Russian-made vodka? Not on local store shelves
PEORIA, Ill. - In case you're looking for an "adult beverage," regardless of the time of day, the Russian invasion of Ukraine may limit some of your choices. A check at midday Wednesday of the liquor ...
Mar 02, 2022 Dmitry Karyshev / CC
Illinois State Fair announces headline entertainers for 2022 event
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It'll be a little of everything for music lovers at this year's Illinois State Fair. The entertainment line-up for the annual event has been announced. All performances are slated...
Mar 02, 2022
Pritzker: Illinois pension systems should not be in business with Russia
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is asking the state's five pension systems about divesting from any Russian companies. Across the state employee, university and teacher pension systems...
Mar 02, 2022 GotCredit / CC
Texas runoff a show of strength for progressive Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progressive Democrat Jessica Cisneros' primary challenge to U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas will go to a runoff, a show of strength by the party's left that has invig...
Mar 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros speaks to the media before the "Get Out the Vote Rally" in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar
More than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians killed during Russian invasion - Ukrainian emergency service
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine has killed more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and destroyed hundreds of structures including transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens a...
Mar 02, 2022 A man walks through the site of yesterday's blast targeted at the TV tower, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Deal in the works to sell Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. -- The shuttered nursing home owned by Peoria County government may soon get new life, but a deal to sell it to a local health care provider would cost taxpayers millions of dollars. 25 N...
Mar 02, 2022 (25 News)
Anger and disbelief amidst the rubble in Ukraine's Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - On a residential street in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, debris was strewn all around, blood stained the ground and the bodies of people carried from destroyed homes lay ...
Mar 02, 2022 A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which was hit by a missile according to city officials, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 1, 2022. Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via REUTERS
Biden rallies Congress behind Ukraine, says Putin has 'no idea what's coming'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display o...
Mar 01, 2022 US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS
Assault and abuse survivors who dealt with 'forced arbitration' are Bustos' State of the Union guests
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cheri Bustos' virtual guests to Tuesday night's State of the Uniion guests will be people who inspired legislation expected to be signed into law that will end "forced...
Mar 01, 2022 Rep. Cheri Bustos via Zoom
Baseball-MLB and players fail to reach labor agreement, league cancels games
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball (MLB) and its players union failed to reach a labor agreement by the league's Tuesday deadline and as a result, MLB has cancelled the first two series of the regular s...
Mar 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Jun 29, 2021; Chicago, Illinois, USA; General view of fans watching a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
