Category Archives: Top Stories
US airlines issue travel waivers as winter storm threatens widespread disruptions
NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. airlines have rolled out sweeping travel waivers as a winter storm, forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across two dozen states, threatened to disr...
Jan 22, 2026 People walk around the airport ahead of checking in for their flights at the airport ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
Trump touts 'total access' Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
DAVOS, Switzerland/NUUK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have t...
Jan 22, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria International Airport breaks annual passenger record in 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria International Airport is bringing a lot of momentum into 2026 after a record setting year. The airport announced at a ceremony in the Main Terminal on Thursday morning that 812,3...
Jan 22, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Schools to close Friday in anticipation of frigid temperatures
PEORIA, Ill. - The cold temperatures will cause a three-day weekend at Peoria Public Schools. The district announced Thursday that the forecasted cold and severe wind chills for Friday will close scho...
Jan 22, 2026 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois to withhold nearly $500M in spending, citing federal uncertainty
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker's office identified nearly $500 million in spending the state can hold in reserve for the current fiscal year amid federal funding uncertainty. The governor had direct...
Jan 22, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference at a farm in Central Illinois on Oct. 29, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Vance heads to Minneapolis amid tension over ICE crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for a massive federal law enforcement operation underway in a city that has been on...
Jan 22, 2026 U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force two before departing Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 22, 2026. JIM WATSON/Pool via REUTERS
Dangerous cold to arrive this weekend in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - A dangerous arctic blast will blanket central Illinois this weekend. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Brian Walder says the worst of the cold is expected to arrive Friday morning...
Jan 22, 2026 (National Weather Service)
Democrats' opposition to immigration crackdown puts spending bill in question
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday were girding to oppose a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, in protest of President Donald Trump's ...
Jan 22, 2026 Flowers, toys and signs lie at a makeshift memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald
Trump launches Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that ...
Jan 22, 2026 Pens and documents in the conference room, ahead of a charter announcement for U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Victim in rural Chillicothe house fire identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal fire in rural Chillicothe has been identified. The fire occurred Tuesday afternoon in the area of Galena and Rome Roads. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 6...
Jan 21, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
