Category Archives: Top Stories
As the bitter cold settles in this weekend, area warming centers will be open
PEORIA, Ill. - With frigid cold temperatures in our forecast this weekend, city officials in Peoria, East Peoria and surrounding communities want you to know warming centers will be open. In Peoria, t...
Jan 17, 2025 (illinois.gov)
Kristi Noem pledges to revive Trump's border policy as Homeland Security nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's planned immigration crackdown emerged as a top theme at a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, his choice for se...
Jan 17, 2025 Kristi Noem, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Homeland Security nominee, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Jury hears last evidence in Madigan trial as defense rests case
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorneys for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested their case Thursday, marking the beginning of the end of the longtime Democratic powerbroker's corr...
Jan 17, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the second week of testimony in his corruption trial on Oct. 31, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Hamas set to release first hostages under Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Israel says
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Fri...
Jan 17, 2025 Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, hold lit torches during a protest ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem
TikTok's fight against going dark gains support from key US lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's fortunes took a positive turn on Thursday as a growing number of U.S. officials said its Chinese owner should have more time to sell the app and stop it from being banne...
Jan 17, 2025 The TikTok app logo and a forbidden sign are seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Biden commutes more sentences, this time for 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden, who leaves office next week, announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, saying he has now i...
Jan 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he visits the Department of Labor for an event honoring the nation's labor history and Frances Perkins, longest serving U.S Secretary of Labor, in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Arson appears to be the cause of garage fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a garage fire on Madison Avenue early Friday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived around 12:15 a.m., finding heavy smoke and fi...
Jan 17, 2025 D4E / CC
Los Angeles evacuees told stay away from home at least another week
UPDATED 11:25 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires on Thursday to stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove tox...
Jan 16, 2025 A drone view shows a site where beachfront houses were burnt down by the Palisades Fire, in Malibu, California, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump's pick to lead EPA says agency authorized, not required to regulate CO2
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said he believes climate change is real and a threat but that the agency he is po...
Jan 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin gestures as he speaks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum during a rally held by Republican presidential nominees and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Uniondale, New York, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
COVID-era public health chief fined $150K for ethics violation
Former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led state health policy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, will pay a $150,000 fine for violating a state anti...
Jan 16, 2025 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, then the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is pictured at a news conference in Gov. JB Pritzker’s office. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
