Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump picks North Dakota Governor Burgum for interior secretary
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a wealthy former software company executive, will be his pick for interior secretar...
Nov 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks with the media ahead of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Israel hits Beirut suburb after US delivers truce proposal
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut's busiest traffic junctions on Friday, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hez...
Nov 15, 2024 Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on a building in Tayouneh neighborhood, near a central park, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin
Pressure mounts for release of Matt Gaetz congressional ethics report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, faced growing scrutiny from his fellow congressional Republicans on Thursday, with one saying he "absolut...
Nov 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Henderson, Nevada U.S. October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Former Peoria County farm leader passes away
ST. LOUIS - The former head of the Peoria County Farm Bureau has passed away. An obituary for Patrick Kirchhofer says he died on Monday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, a day after he turned ...
Nov 14, 2024 (25 News)
Trump selects Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead HHS, top US health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the Departmen...
Nov 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other at a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Illinois medical debt relief program erases $72M of debt thus far
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 Illinois residents has already helped thousands eliminate $72 million of debt, the governor...
Nov 14, 2024 More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that debuted earlier this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Peoria County race for judge's seat on 10th Judicial Circuit still too close to call
PEORIA, Ill. - The judge's race in Peoria County's 10th Judicial Circuit is still tight and too close to call after the latest update. Democrat John Spears now holds a 55 vote lead over Republican Fra...
Nov 14, 2024
Peoria-area transportation leaders asks people to prepare for winter weather driving
PEORIA, Ill. - Winter weather is on the horizon, and Peoria-area leaders are urging people to remember how to stay safe on the roads. As part of Winter Weather Preparedness Week, officials from Peoria...
Nov 14, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Diamond Sports cleared to emerge from bankruptcy after new MLB deals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regional sports broadcaster Diamond Sports Group received court approval on Thursday for a bankruptcy restructuring that will rebrand its TV channels, trim nearly $9 billion in de...
Nov 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A basket of balls are pictured before an MLB spring training baseball game in Sarasota, Florida, March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
Peoria City Council approves annexation of property near Dunlap for amusement park
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria City Council has unanimously approved the annexation of a property near Dunlap -- to be used for an outdoor recreation facility. Peoria's Assistant Director of Community Developme...
Nov 14, 2024 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
