Category Archives: Top Stories
Update: Fed Governor Cook will sue Trump to keep her job, lawyer says
Updated at 11:55 a.m. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from firing her, a lawyer for the embattled central bank o...
Aug 26, 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
CEO Denise Moore leaving PCCEO
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is once again seeking a new leader. In a statement, Denise Moore announced that she is stepping down as CEO of Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. Mo...
Aug 26, 2025
PPS presidents renews call for metal detectors at the district's high schools
PEORIA, Ill. - After a pair of recent shootings at Manual High School, the president of Peoria Public Schools Board of Education is asking the board to reconsider installing metal detectors at the dis...
Aug 26, 2025 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin to change logo as part of rebrand approved by council
PEKIN, Ill. - A flower will be a part of Pekin's branding going forward. City council Monday night approved a new brand and brand standards for marketing for Pekin, which includes a new logo and tagli...
Aug 25, 2025 (City of Pekin)
In response to military deployment, Pritzker tells Trump: 'Do not come to Chicago'
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker and the state's top Democrats condemned President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the military in Chicago to fight crime. The state's leaders said Trump's plan has sim...
Aug 25, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes the Trump administration’s threat to deploy military forces in Chicago alongside dozens of activists, Democratic politicians and religious leaders in downtown Chicago on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria County SA wants to see changes to juvenile justice system
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's lead prosecutor wants to see reforms made to the juvenile justice system. State's Attorney Jodi Hoos joined WMBD's "The Phil Luciano Show" to discuss how to address the ...
Aug 25, 2025 Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Adult and teen charged in connection to South Peoria shooting early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - An adult and a teenager are facing weapons charges after a South Peoria shooting early Sunday morning that injured two people, one critically with a gunshot wound to the head. The Peori...
Aug 25, 2025 courtroom gavel
DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
Story summary: The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking access to Illinois' complete, unredacted statewide voter registration database, including voters' personal information such as dates of birth, ...
Aug 25, 2025 Election workers check voters’ names against a registration list and hand out ballots at a polling place in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Trump wants to meet North Korea's Kim this year, he tells South Korea
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and that he was open to further trade talks with South Korea eve...
Aug 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Trump says US military may or may not deploy to Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago and is ready to go anywhere on short notice to crack down on crime. "We can go anywhere ...
Aug 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
