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Under emergency rule, Illinois prisons begin withholding physical mail
Article Summary The Illinois Department of Corrections has begun scanning prisoners' mail to crack down on contraband in prisons. The emergency rule change came after prison worker exposures and overd...
Sep 10, 2025 Pinckneyville Correctional Center is pictured in southern Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
UPDATE: Local and state politicans react to fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, LaHood calls him "inspiration" to young people
UPDATED 6:26 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Republican Congressman says the death of conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk is a "huge loss" for America and conservative principals. The Turn...
Sep 10, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One person Lifeflighted after crash with deer near Farmington
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A motorcyclist was Lifeflighted after a crash with a deer late Tuesday night near Farmington. The Farmington Community Fire Protection District says the crash occurred just before m...
Sep 10, 2025 Midwest Communications
Motorcyclist injured in midday crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle in Peoria on Wednesday. Peoria Police says the crash happened in the area of University and Lake at around 11:45 ...
Sep 10, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Boil order issued for portions of northwest Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A boil order is in effect for portions of northwest Peoria after a water main break. Illinois American Water says emergency repairs began at around 10:30 A.M. along War Memorial Drive b...
Sep 10, 2025 Illinois American Water
US producer inflation cooler in August; hints at softening demand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in August amid a compression in trade services margins and mild increase in the cost of goods, suggesting that domestic businesses were pr...
Sep 10, 2025 A person shops for groceries in New York City, U.S., July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File photo
Raising money for kids with cancer, Peoria's St. Jude Ride takes off for Memphis Thursday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria to Memphis St. Jude Ride will take off Thursday morning with over 130 riders. Ride Coordinator Eric Wilson is inviting everyone to the sendoff at Walters Brothers Harley-Davi...
Sep 10, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
Anthony Rizzo set to retire as member of Cubs
Four-time Gold Glove winner Anthony Rizzo is retiring as a member of the Chicago Cubs, capping a career that spanned 14 major league seasons. Rizzo, 36, is a three-time All-Star first baseman and serv...
Sep 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Oct 30, 2024; New York, New York, USA; New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo (48) strikes out to end the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four of the 2024 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images/ File Photo
Poland downs drones, the first NATO member to open fire during Ukraine war
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland shot down drones in its airspace on Wednesday with the backing of military aircraft from its NATO allies, the first time a member of the Western military alliance is known to...
Sep 10, 2025 General Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces arrives for an extraordinary government meeting at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, following violations of Polish airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
US judge temporarily blocks Trump from removing Fed Governor Cook
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an early setback for the White House in an unprecedented legal battl...
Sep 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
