Category Archives: Top Stories
Harris takes on Gaza war, tyranny in Democratic convention finale
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris sealed the Democratic presidential nomination with a muscular speech, laying down broad foreign policy principles and sharp contrasts with Republican r...
Aug 23, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves from the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm
Enrollment up at Illinois Central College
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There's more Cougars in central Illinois this fall. Illinois Central College on Thursday reported a 5.1% increase in enrollment for the fall 2024 semester, compared to fall 2023. T...
Aug 22, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Democrats look to invest resources in swing states
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Illinois party leaders were preparing Thursday to hear Vice President Kamala Harris' acceptance speech a...
Aug 22, 2024 Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democratic governor from a red state, speaks to the Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Pritzker, Dems push to widen abortion messaging beyond 'social issues' silo
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker used part of his eight-minute primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention this week to push his own party to shift its messaging on ...
Aug 22, 2024 Planned Parenthood Action Fund CEO Alexis McGill Johnson (second from left) speaks at an event put on by Think Big America, a progressive political action organization launched by Gov. JB Pritzker (center) last year. The panel also included Kelly Hall of The Fairness Project (left), Mini Timmaraju of Reproductive Freedom for All and Sarah Garza Resnick of Personal PAC (right). (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Two men arrested in East Peoria on residential burglary charges
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested on residential burglary charges after allegedly breaking into an East Peoria home early Wednesday morning. Police say officers were called just after 2:00 A.M...
Aug 22, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
"Unknown" Civil Rights activist to get spotlight at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - A highly influential, but mostly unknown, player in the Civil Rights movement is getting a spotlight shined on him in Peoria. The Dirksen Congressional Center will be hosting a celebrat...
Aug 22, 2024 (Dirksen Congressional Center)
Mediators meet in Cairo in effort to resolve gaps on Gaza truce proposal
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. and Israeli delegations started a new round of meetings in Cairo on Thursday aimed at resolving differences over a truce proposal to end more than 10 months of war between Israe...
Aug 22, 2024 Smoke rises from an explosion in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, near the Israel-Gaza border as seen from Israel, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
KB Strong celebrates 6th BrownFest this weekend in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington's annual BrownFest is back this weekend. The fundraiser is held in honor of Washington Basketball Coach Kevin Brown, who lost his fight with Glioblastoma several years ag...
Aug 22, 2024 (KB-Strong Foundation)
US jobless claims rise in latest week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose in the latest week, but the level still suggested a gradual cooling of the labor market remains intact. Initi...
Aug 22, 2024 The sign on a Taco Bell restaurant advertises "Now Hiring Managers" in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, U.S., June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Inmate's murder plans foiled by PCSO staff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Jail inmate has been charged with trying to arrange the murder of a man he's accused of shooting back in April. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted 43-year-old Aubrae Harpe...
Aug 22, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
