Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
Article Summary More than 630 candidates submitted petitions to run for state, federal and judicial office - including dozens seeking to take advantage of a generational turnover in the state's congre...
Nov 04, 2025 Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. No Republican filed to run against him in 2026 by the initial Nov. 4 filing deadline. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Hopewell man dies after one-vehicle crash in Marshall County
HOPEWELL, Ill. - A Hopewell man has died after a one-vehicle crash in Marshall County Tuesday afternoon. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office says 94-year-old Orville Schneider was pronounced dead at ...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both of central Illinois' Congressmen will have primary challengers in March. The deadline to file nominating petitions to run in next year's March elections was Monday at 5:00 P.M...
Nov 04, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ISP vehicle damaged after sideswiped in Peoria County
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois State Police squad car was struck in Peoria County on Monday night. ISP says the car was sideswiped by a black Ford Escape just before 7:30 P.M. on US Route 24 near Men...
Nov 04, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Police chief denies reports of ICE operating in Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop says reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the River City are not true. Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the department received reports Tuesday of ICE ...
Nov 04, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Peoria Riverfront Museum announces gift and new document for America 250 exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - A gift to the Peoria Riverfront Museum is giving more people a chance to see America's history. The museum announced Tuesday morning a $1 million gift in association with its America 25...
Nov 04, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Trump threatens to withhold food aid as cities, nonprofits ask judge to intervene
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance aid for millions of Americans will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, as lawyers for cities and no...
Nov 04, 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
Shutdown may force US to close some air space next week, official sees 'mass chaos'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continues another week it could lead to "mass chaos" and could force him to close ...
Nov 04, 2025 U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a press conference on the impact of the government shutdown on air travel, at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Trump's agenda faces early test in elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia
(Reuters) -Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's mood after President Donald T...
Nov 04, 2025 Voters arrive at a polling site early on Election Day in Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops are coming to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in the spring. The Peoria Civic Center has announced the show is scheduled for Friday, M...
Nov 04, 2025 The Temptations and The Four Tops will make a tour stop in Peoria on May 8, 2026. (Peoria Civic Center)
