Category Archives: Top Stories
OSF Healthcare names new CEO for Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare has a new leader. OSF announced on Monday that Kimberly Russo has accepted the role of chief executive officer for the central region. Her first day will be April 28th. R...
Apr 07, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
Netanyahu to seek tariff relief in talks with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to limit the sting of tariffs imposed on his country at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, a visit likely ...
Apr 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
US appeals court blocks Trump from removing Democrats from labor boards
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling. The decision by the U...
Apr 07, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Illinois House GOP wants IHSA to comply with Trump transgender athlete EO
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Republicans in the Illinois House are demanding that the Illinois High School Association comply with a Trump administration executive order regarding transgender athletes. House M...
Apr 07, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
State Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trial set to begin 2 ½ years after indictment
CHICAGO - Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, who stands accused of accepting alleged bribes from a red-light c...
Apr 07, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III speaks with reporters outside of the Illinois Senate chamber in January 2020. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Bradley University to officially welcome President Shadid on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University will officially welcome new President James Shadid on Tuesday with a celebration at Renaissance Coliseum. Shadid tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", he spent his first week ...
Apr 07, 2025 Federal Judge James Shadid, who has served the District of Central Illinois, has been named the new president of Bradley University
(1470 WMBD Radio--Julia Bradley)
Trump's tariff 'medicine' engulfs markets as U.S. stocks brace for more turmoil
WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans hammered global financial markets and U.S. stocks braced for more turmoil on Monday, after he warned foreign governments the...
Apr 07, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the press aboard Air Force One during a flight to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., April 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Trump administration drops Biden's proposal of Medicare weight-loss drug coverage
(Reuters) - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday it did not move forward with a proposal put forth by the Biden administration for Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs suc...
Apr 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Wegovy presentation is displayed in New Columbia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration/File Photo
It's not just Chicago. Downstate public transit agencies face funding challenges
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Outside the busy systems of buses and trains moving about a million commuters around Chicago and its suburbs every day, 54 public transit agencies provide service...
Apr 07, 2025 Sangamon Mass Transit District buses wait outside a bus stop in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
US House Republicans face divide as they look to move ahead on Trump tax cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to move forward this week on President Donald Trump's tax cuts, but their caucus is divided with some members concerned ...
Apr 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
