Category Archives: Top Stories
Drought worsens in central Illinois, but relief on the way
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are getting worse in central Illinois, but relief could soon be on the way. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows all of Peoria, Tazewell,...
Oct 24, 2024 (NOAA/National Weather Service/USDA)
Israel, Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli strikes pounded Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday and Hezbollah said it fired precision guided missiles for the first time at Israeli targets, as U.S. Secretar...
Oct 24, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool
Abandoned building on Peoria's South Side to be torn down
PEORIA, Ill. - An abandoned building on Peoria's South Side will soon meet the wrecking ball. The Peoria City Council on Tuesday approved the demolition of the South Side Market building on Adams Stre...
Oct 24, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria International Airport receives more grant funding for tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria International Airport's air traffic control tower project is receiving more funding. The airport announced Thursday that a grant of $13.5 million has been secured by U.S. Senator...
Oct 24, 2024 Employees of the Peoria International Airport take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new air traffic control tower at PIA. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
At least 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school in central Gaza, hospital says
CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 17 Palestinians, including children, were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, where people displaced b...
Oct 24, 2024 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Khamis Al-Rifi
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had put the company in "dire" financial s...
Oct 24, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment aid unexpectedly fell last week, but more people were collecting benefits in mid-October, which raises the risk ...
Oct 24, 2024 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Fie Photo
Washington school officials address confusion following possible safety risk
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Officials say there was a noticeable drop in attendance at Washington High School on Wednesday after the school superintendent asked students to leave their backpacks at home. The s...
Oct 24, 2024 (25 News)
Georgia secretary of state's office says it fended off cyberattack on voting website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Georgia secretary of state's office said on Wednesday it had fended off a cyberattack aimed at crashing the website the state's voters use to request absentee ballots. No fu...
Oct 24, 2024 A sign sits outside of a polling location as the battleground state opened for early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Harris to flex star power at Georgia rally with Springsteen, Obama
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris heads to the battleground of Georgia on Thursday for a star-studded rally featuring rock legend Bruce Springsteen, entertainer ...
Oct 24, 2024 A person walks past a mural in support of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
