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IHSA seeking more guidance relating to Trump executive order regarding transgender athletes
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois High School Association has told Republican state lawmakers that it's still seeking clarity regarding transgender athletes in competitions. The letter, sent Tuesday an...
Apr 16, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
Splash pad construction approved for East Peoria's Levee Park
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The city of East Peoria is moving forward on placing a splash pad in Levee Park. Commissioners unanimously approved a more than $538,000 bid from Aupperle Construction to build the...
Apr 16, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Judge says Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges over Venezuelan deportations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law, t...
Apr 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 12, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
More time needed to approve the next Pekin budget
PEKIN, Ill. - The approval of the next budget for the city of Pekin will have to wait a little bit longer. The around $53 million spending plan for fiscal year 25-26, which goes into effect on May 1st...
Apr 16, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
High school softball state finals to remain in Peoria
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - State champions in high school softball will continue to be crowned in Peoria. The Illinois High School Association this week approved a contract extension to have the softball sta...
Apr 16, 2025 (Louisville Slugger Sports Complex)
Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as truce bid stalls
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any settlement to end the war, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, as efforts...
Apr 16, 2025 Smoke rises from Gaza after an explosion, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Tazewell County to dedicate display in recognition of the U.S.S. Tazewell
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - During World War II, a Navy vessel, the U.S.S. Tazewell, was commissioned in honor of Tazewell County, Illinois. County Clerk John Ackerman tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", the ves...
Apr 16, 2025 The U.S.S. Tazewell was part of the U.S. Naval Fleet from 1944 to 1946. The ship was commissioned in honor of Tazewell County, Illinois. (Photo courtesy of Tazewell County)
US sues Maine over Trump executive order on transgender athletes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a lawsuit against Maine, escalating President Donald Trump's conflict with the state for r...
Apr 16, 2025 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Pre-emptive buying ahead of tariffs powers US retail sales in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased by the most in more than two years in March as households stepped up purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods to avoid higher prices fr...
Apr 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jeep Wrangler Willys are displayed at a Jeep dealership in White Lake, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS /Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Sen. Emil Jones III takes witness stand in his own defense at federal corruption trial
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After nearly five days of testimony, state Sen. Emil Jones III's federal corruption trial appeared to be nearing its end Tuesday afternoon - until the senator unexpec...
Apr 16, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III enters Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday morning, April 15, 2025, for the fifth day of testimony in his corruption trial. In a surprise move that afternoon, Jones took the witness stand in his own defense. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
