Category Archives: Top Stories
White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon for CDC director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Di...
Mar 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.
'Right to Play' bill that would affect high school athletes advances in House
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give high school student athletes the right to participate in both school-sponsored teams and non-school te...
Mar 13, 2025 Rep. Janet Yang-Rohr, left, and Carmel Catholic High School student Libby Magnone testify before a House committee on legislation that would let high school student athletes compete on both school-sponsored and nonschool teams in the same sport during the same season. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
NASA, SpaceX delay flight that was to retrieve stuck astronauts
(Reuters) -NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday delayed the launch of a replacement crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station that would have set in motion the long-awaited homecoming of U.S....
Mar 13, 2025 NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 crew members Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, both of U.S., react as they depart the Operations & Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center for transport to Launch Complex 39-A ahead of their launch to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 12, 2025. Reuters/Joe Skipper
US agencies face Thursday deadline to submit mass layoff plans
(Reuters) -The potential scale of President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the U.S. federal government could become clearer on Thursday, the deadline for government agencies to submit plans for a se...
Mar 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025.
US Senate Democrats debate path forward on government funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats were wrestling on Wednesday with how to respond to a stopgap funding bill passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, choosing between vot...
Mar 12, 2025 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks with reporters following the Senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025.
Teenager arrested on Peoria's South Side on weapons charges Tuesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers were taken into custody on Peoria's South Side Tuesday afternoon, one of which on weapons charges. Peoria Police says officers were called at around 4:30 P.M. in the area ...
Mar 12, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Peoria-area boys' high school basketball teams to compete for state titles this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Just like the past weekend for the girls' basketball state finals, the Peoria-area will have two chances to win a state championship in the boys' state finals. Both Peoria Manual and Pe...
Mar 12, 2025 (Peoria Manual Facebook)
Trump threatens further tariffs as EU, Canada retaliate for those already in place
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major U.S. trading partners said they would retaliate for tra...
Mar 12, 2025 Workers install steel rods at a construction site in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Giorgio Viera
Illinois Central College planning to end student housing after spring semester
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The future of student housing at Illinois Central College in East Peoria is up in the air. The college's Student Housing LLC is not leasing any housing for the complex after the Sp...
Mar 12, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
Limestone High School sets record in giving to Easterseals Central IL
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - For 49 years, students at Bartonville's Limestone High School have raised money for the kids at Easterseals Central Illinois. Easterseals' Mark Scott tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Sho...
Mar 12, 2025 (Easterseals Central Illinois)
