Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Migrant gets life sentence for Laken Riley murder highlighted by Trump
UPDATED 2:16 P.M. (Reuters) -A Venezuelan migrant was convicted on Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student whos...
Nov 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, including one holding a sign reading "Say Her Name Laken Riley", gather outside a campaign stop by U.S. President Joe Biden in Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S., March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Wiretap: In pushing for Madigan-backed appointment, ex-ComEd CEO sought to 'take good care' of 'our friend'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Chicago businessman Juan Ochoa had heard little more than crickets in the six months since then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked for his resume in N...
Nov 20, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan and former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore are pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during their separate corruption trials from this year and last. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Israeli strikes kill 33 people in Gaza; hospital in north makes distress call
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory's ...
Nov 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip November 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hassan Al-Zaanin/File Photo
Uncertainty clouds holiday shopping season after mixed forecasts from Walmart, Target
(Reuters) - Retailers are in for a mixed holiday season this year ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, marked by watchful consumers keeping big spending on a tight leash and vigilantly comparing price...
Nov 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Target logo is seen on shopping carts at a Target store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
US shuts Kyiv embassy due to 'potential significant air attack'
KYIV (Reuters) -The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek...
Nov 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A convoy of cars leaves the U.S. embassy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko/File Photo
Peoria passes public camping ban with goal to clear homeless encampments
PEORIA, Ill. - Camping on public property is now banned in the city of Peoria, with penalties that include fines and possible jail time. At Tuesday night's special meeting, council approved the ban in...
Nov 19, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Peoria City Council approves tax breaks for riverfront hotel
UPDATED: 7:45PM EAST PEORIA Ill. - A new hotel is coming to East Peoria... with some added benefits to the city. East Peoria City Council members voted Tuesday night to approve a development agreement...
Nov 19, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Spears holds lead in Peoria County judge's race after final mail-in ballots counted
PEORIA, Ill. - The race to fill a judge's seat in Peoria County's 10th Judicial Circuit came down to the wire. With results made official on Wednesday after the final mail-in ballots were counted on T...
Nov 19, 2024
Signing day for new ICC apprentices going into the workforce
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College celebrated its students who are making a commitment to their future employers. The college held an "Apprenticeship Signing and Recognition Day" ceremony Tuesday...
Nov 19, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump picks TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had chosen celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, ...
Nov 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz walks into his poling location to vote in the 2022 U.S. midterm election in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
