Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. and Russian officials will meet next week on ransomware - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ransomware attacks on U.S. businesses, such as the latest one centered on Florida IT firm Kaseya, will be discussed at a meeting of senior U.S. and Russian officials next week, t...
Jul 06, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Gov. Pritzker signs bill expanding Medicaid healthcare access
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed legislation that will expand healthcare access and affordability for residents on the state's Medicaid system. The bill, Senate Bill 229...
Jul 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Tropical storm Elsa exits Cuba trailing heavy rains, takes aim at Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical storm Elsa's center exited Cuba late on Monday, just east of Havana, churning northwards on track to Florida although the lopsided weather system continued to dump heavy rai...
Jul 06, 2021 A red flag is seen on the beach prior to the arrival of Storm Elsa in Guanabo, Cuba, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Dozens shot over holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO -- It was a Fourth of July weekend marked by violence in Chicago, with nearly 100 people shot, including two Chicago Police officers responding to a disturbance over fireworks, and five childr...
Jul 05, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Vacant home catches fire Saturday, estimated $50,000 in damage
PEORIA, Ill. -- An estimated $50,000 in damage was done when a vacant home caught fire Saturday just after 4:00 p.m. in the 600 block of E. Illinois. Fire crews found heavy fire and smoke from a secon...
Jul 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
Two hospitalized after Saturday night fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two Peoria residents have been hospitalized following a fire in the 300 block of S Webster Saturday night just after 11:45 p.m. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the home fo...
Jul 04, 2021 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Two arrested as armed militia group stands off with police, closes highway near Boston
(Reuters) - Residents in a suburban Boston neighborhood were asked to "shelter in place" early Saturday as an armed standoff between 8 to 10 militia members and police forced the closure of a U.S. int...
Jul 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois DNR: Boat sober this holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Conservation Police want it to be a safe 4th of July weekend for boaters. State Department of Naturual Resources Spokesperson Tim Schweizer said Conservation officers wil...
Jul 03, 2021
Mayor: Two more bodies recovered from tower collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The death toll rose to 24 on Saturday from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower after the remains of two victims were found in the rubble, and local officials ordered ...
Jul 03, 2021 Rescue personnel continue the search and rescue operation for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
U.S. sprinter Richardson banned from Olympic 100m after cannabis test
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics, will miss the 100 metres at the Games after accepting a one-month b...
Jul 02, 2021 REUTERS/Lee Smith
