Category Archives: Top Stories
Update: One dead in officer-involved shooting in Fulton County
***UPDATE*** Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines has ID'ed the deceased man as 26-year-old Justin Hammack. Hines said Hammack was shot in the chest. UPDATE: Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard confirms ...
Nov 05, 2020 (25 News)
Local COVID roundup 11/4: positivity % reaches 10
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City/County Health Department on Wednesday reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Sharon Healthcare Pines. 40 of Peoria County's 116 new cases came from the facility. Tazewell County r...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Biden wins Michigan and Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramaticall...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Trump campaign asking U.S. Supreme Court to halt PA vote counting
WASHINGTON -- The campaign of President Donald Trump announced Wednesday it is asking the U.S.'s highest court to step in and stop more votes from being counted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Trump suing in Michigan, calling for "meaningful access"
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan state court demanding "meaningful access" to locations where ballots are being counted. Michigan is one of the undecided states tha...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
US formally exits Paris Agreement aiming to curb climate change
BERLIN (AP) - The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact it helped forge five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threaten...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File
State COVID roundup 11/04: Over 7,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Wednesday reported another hefty new case total, including 55 additional deaths. 7,538 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the s...
Nov 04, 2020 Midwest Communications
Illinois' graduated income tax plan fails
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Voters have rejected a proposal to abolish Illinois' flat-rate income tax for one that would take a greater share from wealthier taxpayers. It was Gov. J.B. Pritzker's top pri...
Nov 04, 2020 Illinois.gov
There's no winner in the presidential race. That's OK
WASHINGTON (AP) - America woke up Wednesday morning without a winner of the presidential election. That's OK. Critical battleground states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania remain without...
Nov 04, 2020 Bartender Sam Schilke watches election results on television at a bar and grill Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pekin's Luft wins 91st District House seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Pekin Mayor Mark Luft has won Illinois' Dist. 91 House of Representatives seat, taking 63% of the vote, defeating challenger Josh Grys. Luft told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", there'...
Nov 04, 2020 (Photo courtesy of City of Pekin)
