Category Archives: Top Stories
Big lottery jackpots up for grabs this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A lot of money is up for grabs in multi-state lotteries this weekend. It starts Friday night with an $843 million jackpot for Mega Millions. The prize has a cash option of more tha...
Nov 07, 2025 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Trump administration seeks to block food aid funding order
(Reuters) -The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to block a judge's order that the U.S. Department of Agriculture provide full November food stamp benefits to 42 million low-income Am...
Nov 07, 2025 Volunteers place food items in vehicles during a mobile food distribution at Cedar Creek High School, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Cedar Creek, Texas, U.S., November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Restrictions on federal immigration agents' use of riot control weapons extended indefinitely
Article Summary A federal judge has indefinitely extended restrictions on immigration agents' use of riot control weapons like tear gas and pepper balls without adequate justification or warning to th...
Nov 07, 2025 The Rev. David Black, senior pastor for the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood, speaks during a news conference Thursday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction indefinitely restricting immigration agents’ use of riot control weapons like pepper balls and tear gas. Black, a plaintiff in the lawsuit that spurred the ruling, was hit with pepper balls “at least” seven times during a protest at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview, Illinois, processing facility in September, including twice in the head. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
US airlines scramble to deal with first day of 4% flight cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines on Friday scrambled to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports after the government imposed an unprecedented cut to air travel citing air traffic control safety conc...
Nov 07, 2025 An airliner, making it's approach, flies past flags at the base of the Washington Monument, 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
PPS: Wraparound Center provides food to families in need as shutdown continues
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - As the government shutdown continues into the 38th day, the Wraparound Center at Peoria Public Schools is reminding the community about services it offers to those in need. In...
Nov 07, 2025 Peoria Public Schools' Wraparound Center is located at Trewyn Middle School. (25 News)
Price cuts help more Americans start weight-loss drugs but maybe not stay on them
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A Trump administration deal to cut prices for popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound will allow millions more Americans to give them a try, but the cost may s...
Nov 07, 2025 A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/Brendan McDermid/Combination/
Peoria International Airport not a top 40 airport, but still could be affected by flight cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of Peoria International Airport says he expects some impacts due to a reduction in flights nationwide. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered flight cuts to begin at th...
Nov 06, 2025 Travelers wait in line at Peoria International Airport on November 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Farmington teacher's aide pleads guilty to allegedly soliciting minor
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A former Farmington teacher's aide arrested after allegedly soliciting a minor at her home has pleaded guilty. 40-year-old Kelli Miller was arrested in August last year for indec...
Nov 06, 2025 courtroom gavel
Woman to remain in jail for allegedly setting apartment on fire due to government shutdown anger
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman who allegedly set her apartment on fire due to anger from the government shutdown must stay in jail until her trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 45-y...
Nov 06, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trump administration must fully fund food aid benefits by Friday, US judge rules
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans in November by Friday, blocking its plan to only ...
Nov 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign for food stamps stands, as the U.S. President Donald Trump administration said it plans on Monday to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown, outside a grocery story in Baldwin, New York, U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
