Category Archives: Top Stories
New state transportation chief hopes for 'a good kind of disruption'
CHICAGO - Gia Biagi made her name building parks. Now, she's leading the department that oversees more than 145,000 miles of roads, 7,000 miles of railways, 1,000 miles of waterways and 26,000 bridges...
Feb 14, 2025
NWS Meteorologist warns of weekend winter weather in Peoria area
PEORIA Ill. - It could be another snowy and slick weekend in the Peoria area. According to National Weather Service Meteorologist, Daryl Onton, snowfall is expected to start Friday evening. "We have a...
Feb 14, 2025 Midwest Communications
Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax revenue surpluses for the state appears to be over. Gov. JB Pritz...
Feb 14, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his annual State of the State and budget address in the Illinois House Chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Judges to consider barring Musk's DOGE team from government systems
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two federal judges will consider on Friday whether Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE will have access to Treasury Department payment systems and potentially s...
Feb 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People gather to protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
US retail sales fall sharply in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in January, likely as frigid temperatures kept consumers from automobile showrooms. Retail sales dropped 0.9% last month after an upwar...
Feb 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People carrying shopping bags walk inside the King of Prussia shopping mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
CityLink General Manager steps down
PEORIA, Ill. - The general manager for CityLink has stepped down from the role less than a year on the job. 25 News reports John Myers resigned on January 17th. He was appointed to the role in April o...
Feb 14, 2025 (CItyLink)
Gaza militant groups name three hostages to be released on Saturday
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian militant groups in Gaza said they would release hostages Iair Horn, U.S.-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen and Russian-Israeli Alexandre Sasha Troufanov on Saturday, in accordance ...
Feb 14, 2025 Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Itai Ron
Vance warns Russia of possible sanctions if it refuses good peace deal with Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Russia that Washington could hit Moscow with sanctions if it does not agree to a good peace deal with Ukraine, while urging Europe to spend more o...
Feb 14, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands as he participates in a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria Riverfront Museum to host engineering exploration day
PEORIA, Ill. - Anyone with an interest in engineering is invited to the Peoria Riverfront Museum this Sunday. Senior Planetarium Educator Nick Rae says there will be activities for all ages, and admis...
Feb 14, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Judge orders US to restore funds for foreign aid programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted...
Feb 14, 2025 U.S. flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
