Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback
UPDATED: 6:41 A.M. PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American...
Nov 06, 2024 Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures next to his wife Melania Trump, following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties announce county board results
PEORIA Ill. - We've got our results for county board races in Peoria, Woodford, and Tazewell Counties. In Peoria: Jodi Hoos (D) will remain the Peoria County State's Attorney, after defeating Republic...
Nov 06, 2024
Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio on Tuesday, ensuring Donald Trump's party will control at least one chamber of Congress next y...
Nov 06, 2024 Dustin Ritchie, 34, votes with his daughter in the U.S. presidential election on Election Day at the Douglas County Central Assembly of God polling location in Superior, Wisconsin, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Erica Dischino
Four local state representatives are staying in their current roles
PEORIA Ill. - Four local Illinois State representatives will be staying in their current roles. Dave Koehler (D) will continue his role in the 46th State Senate of Illinois, after beating republican c...
Nov 05, 2024
US voters cast ballots in tight race as turbulent campaign nears climax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The dizzying presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris hurtled toward an uncertain finish on Tuesday as millions of Americans lined up at p...
Nov 05, 2024 Women from the Hasidic Jewish community vote at a polling center on Election Day in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Maye-E Wong
Peoria Civic Center and Peoria Rivermen announce new lease agreement
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen will continue to call the Civic Center home. The hockey club and the Peoria Civic Center Authority jointly announced on Tuesday a new five-year lease agreement. The ...
Nov 05, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Justice Department cleared to send election monitors to Texas, Missouri
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after th...
Nov 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Voters line up at a Ferguson polling station during Election Day in Missouri, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
Jury sees more evidence surrounding payments to Madigan campaign worker ousted for sexual harassment
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation fo...
Nov 05, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Oct. 31. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
First West Nile-related death reported in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The first human death this year caused by West Nile Virus has been reported in Tazewell County. County health officials say the individual was in their 70s and had onset sympto...
Nov 05, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Why voters in a handful of swing states will decide the US presidential election
(Reuters) -The winner of November's U.S. presidential election will govern a nation of more than 330 million people, but the contest will almost certainly be decided by just tens of thousands of voter...
Nov 05, 2024 A voting sign sits outside of a voting location to let people know where to go as Georgians turned out a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
