Category Archives: Top Stories
NOAA: With extreme heat on the way, be prepared
LINCOLN, Ill. - With temperatures well into the 90s towards the end of the weekend, the National Weather Service in Lincoln is reminding everyone to keep the extreme heat in mind when getting ready to...
Jun 14, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
US House approves defense policy bill with divisive provision on abortion, transgender troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Of Representatives on Friday passed its version of the annual defense policy bill that included measures taking aim at abortion rights and treatment of transgender...
Jun 14, 2024 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured as the U.S. Senate begins consideration of a $95 billion Ukraine-Israel aid package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/ File Photo
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum'
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Mos...
Jun 14, 2024 Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the leadership of the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow, Russia June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
'We don't really know what we're voting on,' top Dem says of Pritzker's prison plan
LINCOLN, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On the eve of a scheduled vote to advise Gov. JB Pritzker's administration on plans to close and rebuild a pair of dilapidated state prisons, hundreds filed int...
Jun 14, 2024 Signs expressing support for Logan Correctional Center’s continued operation dot lawns in Lincoln, where Logan is located. Gov. JB Pritzker’s plans have indicated a possible relocation of the facility to the Chicagoland area after its demolition, though Department of Corrections officials insist no decision has been made. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Peoria Park District appoints new Peoria Zoo director
PEORIA, Ill. - Friday, June 14 is Peoria Zoo Director Yvonne Strode's last day, as she retires after nearly two decades with the zoo. "Yvonne's unwavering commitment to animal welfare has been a corne...
Jun 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Peoria Park District)
US Supreme Court backs challenge to federal ban on gun 'bump stocks'
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a challenge to a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, dealing a setba...
Jun 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A bump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, U.S., October 4, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Missile barrage hits northern Israel, emergency services report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli emergency services reported dealing with a string of fires in northern Israel on Friday after dozens of missiles were fired from southern Lebanon into the area around the...
Jun 14, 2024 Firefighters respond to a fire near a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Ameren Illinois: Over 2,000 customers still without power after Thursday's storms
PEORIA, Ill. - Ameren Illinois says storms that blew through Central Illinois Thursday night left thousands of its customers without power. As of 10:30 a.m. Friday, crews continue to work to restore p...
Jun 14, 2024 (Ameren Illinois)
On warships in Cuba, Russia says West is deaf to Moscow's diplomatic signals
MOSCOW/HAVANA (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that the United States should not be nervous about Russian warships in Cuba but that the West appeared deaf to any diplomatic signals from Moscow and ...
Jun 14, 2024 People visit Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov, docked in Havana's bay, Cuba, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
G7 vows action against 'unfair' China business practices
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) -Leaders of the Group of Seven vowed on Friday to tackle what they called unfair business practices by China that were undermining their workers and industries, accordin...
Jun 14, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands on the day of signing a new security agreement between the United States and Ukraine, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
