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US government shutdown ties record, as congressional inaction takes toll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday entered its 35th day, matching a record set during President Donald Trump's first term for the longest in history, as Republicans and Demo...
Nov 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People visit the Washington Monument, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Greater Peoria Honor Flight makes a fifth and final trip of the year to D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - 70 local veterans and their guardians are headed to the nation's capital Tuesday morning with the Greater Peoria Honor Flight's fifth trip of the year. Organizer Luke Rosenbaum tells WM...
Nov 04, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Dick Cheney, powerful former US vice president who pushed for Iraq war, dies at 84
(Reuters) -Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 who was considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in U.S. history has died at a...
Nov 04, 2025 Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada February 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Becker
Resident arrested after apartment fire in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A resident was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly starting a fire in their apartment, which also damaged three other units in downtown Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston s...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first glimmers toward ending a near-record long federal government shutdown were seen in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, as leading Senate Republicans and Democrats talked of a p...
Nov 04, 2025 People walk along the National Mall, in view of the U.S. Capitol building, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
El Paso man accused of threatening President Trump to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - An El Paso man federally charged with allegedly threatening President Trump must remain in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 27-year-old Derek Lopez was detained in a court hearing ...
Nov 03, 2025 (El Paso Police Department)
Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign in Peoria and Pekin begins
PEORIA, Ill. - A holiday tradition to help fund services for those in need in central Illinois is underway. The 38th edition of the Tree of Lights campaign for the Peoria and Pekin Salvation Armies st...
Nov 03, 2025 Peoria Salvation Army Major Heath Sells speaks at Northwoods Mall during the kickoff of the 2025 Tree of Lights campaign. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bill to regulate homeowners' insurance rates fails on final day of veto session
Story Summary: A bill that failed on the House floor last week would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for homeowners' insurance in Illinois. Gov. JB ...
Nov 03, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon talks to state Sen. Michael Hastings on the floor of the Illinois Senate on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Public Schools touts improvements in Illinois School Report Card
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools is touting improvements made in proficiency standards in the first scores since the standards were changed. District leaders on Monday talked about results from th...
Nov 03, 2025 Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat (left) and Annie Jo Gordon Community Learning Center principal Fabian Daniels (right) speak at a press conference to discuss PPS' results in the 2025 Illinois School Report Card. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump administration injects more temporary funding for child nutrition program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump has made $450 million in tariff revenue available for a childhood nutrition program imperiled by the federal government shutdown, acc...
Nov 03, 2025 A sign for food stamps, 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
