Category Archives: Top Stories
Hamas releases hostage video, Israel bombs Gaza high-rise
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli mili...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Idit Ohel, mother of Alon Ohel, 22, who was taken hostage by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas during the deadly October 7 attack, and her family gather with other families of hostages to light candles to mark the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Karmiel, in northern Israel December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shir Torem/File Photo
US job growth slows sharply in August, unemployment rate ticks higher
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The pace of U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in August, and the unemployment rate increased, pointing to signs of slowing labor market conditions and boosting expectations...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo
IDJJ's Monarch Youth Center opens in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) this week celebrated the grand opening of a new youth center that will serve youth from Central Illinois who are in state custody. Th...
Sep 05, 2025 The new Monarch Youth Center in Lincoln. (Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice website)
Trump to rename Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," a White House official said on Thursday, a mov...
Sep 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing conducts training exercises through Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Air National Guard's 182nd Airlift Wing is conducting scheduled full-scale training exercises into the weekend to enhance combat readiness skills. In a Facebook post, a guard...
Sep 05, 2025 Peoria's Air National Guard facility in Bartonville. (182nd Airlift Wing Facebook page)
7th annual Brownfest in Washington this weekend
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Brownfest returns to Washington this weekend. The event, put on by KB Strong, honors Washington Basketball Coach Kevin Brown. "He passed away from Glioblastoma in 2019, and Brownfes...
Sep 05, 2025 (KB-Strong Foundation)
Drought conditions growing in central Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The temperatures are falling across central Illinois but drought is growing. The latest US Drought Monitor report released on Thursday shows abnormally dry conditions in all of Tazew...
Sep 04, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
Man arrested after allegedly shooting at neighbor in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested on numerous weapons charges after allegedly shooting at his neighbor in Central Peoria. Peoria Police says shots were fired Wednesday just after 6:30 P.M. in the area...
Sep 04, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin man charged in wife's death ordered to remain in jail
PEKIN, Ill. - An elderly Pekin man accused in the death of his wife will remain in jail. 25 News reports a petition to deny pretrial release to 93-year-old James Pate was granted in Tazewell County co...
Sep 04, 2025 (Midwest Communication)
US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats and Republicans pushed U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. on his recent vaccine policies and their stark contrast to President Donald Trump's successful firs...
Sep 04, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., looks at photographers on the day he testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
