Category Archives: Top Stories
Kristi Noem confirmed by US Senate as Trump's Homeland secretary
WASHINGTON - Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary on Saturday, putting into position a key member of the Republican's Cabinet as he laun...
Jan 26, 2025 Kristi Noem, Indian Treaty Room, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Hegseth narrowly wins confirmation to become US defense secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next U.S. defense secretary, a major victory for President Donald Trump after fierce opposition from Democrats ...
Jan 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Hamas frees four Israeli hostages in second swap of Gaza deal
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a cease...
Jan 25, 2025 Soldiers prepare ahead of the expected arrival of released Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, at the Beilinson Schneider complex in Petah Tikva, Israel, January 25, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Madigan attorney urges acquittal, accusing feds of 'shoving misshapen puzzle pieces together'
CHICAGO - After watching prosecutors spend more than 10 hours over three days dissecting every element of the racketeering and bribery case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the d...
Jan 25, 2025 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan and former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo are pictured outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during Madigan’s ongoing trial. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Trump mulls scrapping FEMA, pledges disaster help to North Carolina, California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledg...
Jan 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen to a man, carrying a child, affected by Hurricane Helene, as they tour areas devastated by the hurricane to assess recovery efforts in Swannanoa, North Carolina, U.S., January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Speed believed to be a factor in fatal one-vehicle crash in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY Ill. - One man is dead following a crash earlier Friday, just outside of Chillicothe. According to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office - the crash occurred in the 4100 block of Cloverdale...
Jan 24, 2025
Pritzker announces the addition of over 5,000 publicly funded preschool seats
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS. - Over 5,000 preschool seats have opened for low-income families in Illinois through Smart Start Illinois in the past year. Smart Start Illinois is an initiative of Gov. JB Prit...
Jan 24, 2025 Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man charged after fatal hit-and-run in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One man has been charged with Failure to Report an Accident, leading to the one's death, in Peoria. According to the Peoria County State's Attorneys Office, The state's petition to detai...
Jan 24, 2025
Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the U.S. president has highlighted i...
Jan 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 28, 2024. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
ICC receives second grant from the Good Jobs Challenge program
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -Illinois Central College announced on Friday that it has received a $4.8 million grant from Round 2 of the Good Jobs Challenge. ICC is one of eight funded programs, the only institu...
Jan 24, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
