Category Archives: Top Stories
Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state's tech industry, including an incentives package - backed by $500 million in the state budget - aimed at maki...
Jun 27, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a package of economic development legislation into law, surrounded by lawmakers, business leaders and representatives of organized labor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rivermen extend Coach Trudel and Assistant Coach Levine's contracts for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen hockey team announced on Thursday that they have extended head coach Jean-Guy Trudel and assistant coach Eric Levine's contracts through the 2024-25 season. "We are ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
US Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to permit - for now - abortions to be performed in Idaho when pregnant women are facing medical emergencies, as the justices dispensed wi...
Jun 27, 2024 Placards in support of abortion rights are seen on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Man sentenced for firing gun that led to fatal pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend 15 years behind bars after being convicted of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in a case that led to a fatal pedestrian cr...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims drift lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First-time applications for U.S. unemployment benefits drifted lower last week, which could allay fears of a material shift in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemplo...
Jun 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
SCOTUS ruling could upend federal corruption cases for Madigan, allies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the scope of a federal bribery law prosecutors have relied on in their cases against former Illinois House Spea...
Jun 27, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that could affect several of the bribery charges he is currently facing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rivian investors to seek details on path to profits at investor day
(Reuters) - Rivian shareholders will seek details on the company's upcoming models and progress in cutting costs at an investor day event on Thursday, two days after the US electric vehicle maker anno...
Jun 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a second-generation R1S at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden, Trump headed to debate stage as election rematch heats up
UPDATED 2:49 P.M. ATLANTA (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump will take the same stage on Thursday for the first time since 2020, in an election rematch bet...
Jun 27, 2024 Georgia Governor Brian Kemp walks through the press file center ahead of the first 2024 presidential debate between Democratic presidential candidate U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
NTSB sanctions Boeing over release of 737 MAX investigation details, flags to DOJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Transportation Safety Board said early on Thursday it was sanctioning Boeing for disclosing non-public details of the ongoing investigation into a 737 MAX mid-air em...
Jun 27, 2024 The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 7, 2024. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
Peoria man arrested after alleged sexual abuse against a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Tuesday after a more than two month investigation into an alleged criminal sexual abuse against a minor. Peoria Police say 27-year-old Danny Devine Junior was ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
