Category Archives: Top Stories
In final public transit hearing, downstate operators join chorus for more state funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Public transit agencies in downstate Illinois are joining Chicagoland rail and bus operators in asking the state for help balancing their budgets. A state c...
Oct 16, 2024 Senate Transportation committee Chair Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, watches on as the heads of downstate transit agencies discuss operational issues at a committee hearing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Harris to court Republican voters in Philadelphia, Fox News events
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, will aim on Wednesday to appeal to Republican voters in this year's presidential election, as she plans to visit a battleground county in Pen...
Oct 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts at a campaign rally at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., October 13, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Georgia judge blocks rule requiring hand-count of election ballots
(Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a new rule requiring poll workers to hand count ballots in the Nov. 5 election, in a defeat for Donald Trump, whose Republican allies pushed th...
Oct 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Cobb County resident enters the King Spring Baptist Church voting precinct to cast their ballot during the Georgia Presidential Primary Election, in Smyrna, Georgia, U.S., March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor, 5 others killed, security sources say
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Israeli air strike on Wednesday on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, which serves as a provincial capital, killed the mayor Ahmed Ka...
Oct 16, 2024 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Peoria County sheriff urges action on the future of the county jail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's Sheriff says a big decision must be made on the future of the county jail. The Peoria County Jail was built in 1983, with an addition built in 1997. Sheriff Chris Watkin...
Oct 15, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Sorensen meets with Tazewell County Farmers
TAZEWELL COUNTY Ill. - Congressman, Eric Sorensen, made a stop in Tazewell County Tuesday afternoon. Sorensen, on the campaign trail, met with farmers in Green Valley -- as well as leaders with the Il...
Oct 15, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Under fire, Trump contends economic policies won't boost federal debt
(Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his protectionist trade policies and other fiscal proposals, dismissing suggestions that they could drive up the federal d...
Oct 15, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
Chicago woman indicted in connection to death of infant son, infant's cause of death determined
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says the death of an infant boy last month was due to cocaine intoxication. Jaime Harwood announced Tuesday that was the cause of death for one-month-old Grays...
Oct 15, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hezbollah says it will cause Israel pain but also calls for ceasefire
GENEVA/BEIRUT, (Reuters) -Hezbollah's deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday the Iran-backed group would inflict "pain" on Israel but he also called for a ceasefire as a conflict rages between them ...
Oct 15, 2024 Lebanese Red Cross and Civil Defense vehicles are parked at a site damaged by an Israeli air strike in the Christian-majority region of Aitou in north Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim
Man injured after Tuesday shooting at Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was injured after a shooting Tuesday at a house on Peoria's South Side. 25 News reports the shooting occurred at a house in the area of Kneer and Grinnell. Peoria Police say the m...
Oct 15, 2024 (25 News)
