Category Archives: Top Stories
Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others w...
Sep 17, 2024 People gather outside a hospital, as hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
State Supreme Court hears arguments in Jussie Smollett's effort to overturn conviction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in actor Jussie Smollett's appeal to overturn his conviction on disorderly conduct charges for falsifying...
Sep 17, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Stark County joins rest of state in getting 911 services, with help from Peoria County
TOULON, Ill. - Stark County is now in the "21st century." That was the reaction of Sheriff Steve Sloan, after the county's 911 service went online last week. County and Illinois State Police leaders m...
Sep 17, 2024 Stark County Sheriff Steve Sloan and Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly tour the county's new Emergency Communications Center, which gives Stark County 911 capabilities for the first time ever. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Contractor's unsecured databases exposed sensitive voter data in over a dozen Illinois counties
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Around 4.6 million records associated with Illinoisans in over a dozen counties - including voting records, registrations and death certificates - were temp...
Sep 17, 2024 Examples of redacted documents found by Jeremiah Fowler in unsecured databases. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs charged with racketeering, sex trafficking
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with three federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to an ind...
Sep 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Rapper Sean Diddy Combs arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Seniors with disabilities felt 'trapped' in Pekin apartments during elevator outages
PEKIN, Ill. - It took five days to fix an elevator inside a Pekin apartment building that houses the elderly and people with disabilities. With the elevator out of service at Golden Arms Apartments on...
Sep 17, 2024 (Housing Authority of the City of Pekin)
New apparent Trump assassination attempt highlights Secret Service strains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months after Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt, a gunman hid undetected for nearly 12 hours on the edge of the golf course where Trump played on Sunday...
Sep 17, 2024 Law enforcement personnel continue to investigate the area around Trump International Golf Club, after an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, after a gunman was found at the Trump's golf course, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Giorgio Viera
Prosecutors rest case against former AT&T Illinois boss accused of bribing Madigan
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After years of pushing in Springfield, AT&T Illinois' executive team was thrilled when the Illinois General Assembly in 2017 passed legislation that would get the...
Sep 17, 2024 Flanked by his legal team, former AT&T executive Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10. La Schiazza is accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Councilwoman Jackson announces reelection bid
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Council member Denise Jackson announced on Monday she's seeking another term in office, while also endorsing incumbent Mayor Rita Ali for reelection next year. Jackson repre...
Sep 17, 2024 (Peoria City Council member Denise Moore--Facebook)
UPDATE: Mother arrested in connection to death of infant in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 1:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of an infant found dead in Peoria East Bluff Monday night has been arrested. Peoria Police says 25-year-old Andrea Luncsford was detained during the investi...
Sep 17, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
