Category Archives: Top Stories
Prisoner Review Board releases final Illinoisan serving life sentence for 'three-strikes' drug offense
(Capitol News Illinois) - For at least two hours of the ride home, Charles Collins feared someone was following his father's car, looking to take him back to prison for the rest of his life. At an int...
Dec 22, 2023 In a selfie shared with Capitol News Illinois, Charles Collins prepares for his first Christmas at home in 14 years. Collins was sentenced to life in prison under the state’s “three-strikes” law for drug convictions. He was released last week from the Department of Corrections after the Illinois Prisoner Review Board unanimously granted parole. (Photo submitted)
Tazewell County Board makes emergency internet, computer service upgrades
PEKIN, Ill. - The Tazewell County board is making some major upgrades to the county's computer and internet systems in the wake of the pre-Thanksgiving cyber attack that officials say is still under i...
Dec 22, 2023 (Tazewell County)
U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza; Israel widens offensive
UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza and sought steps to create conditions to end fighting on Friday, hours a...
Dec 22, 2023 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip December 22, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Trump pressured Michigan officials to throw out Biden's 2020 win -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump urged two Michigan election officials not to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state following the 2020 presidential election, personally calling them in ...
Dec 22, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
U.S. dual citizen taken hostage dies in Gaza, Israeli forum says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. dual national who was among some 240 people seized during the Oct 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has died in captivity in the Gaza Strip, a group repre...
Dec 22, 2023 joshuapiano / CC
Biden reduces sentences of 11 facing non-violent drug charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he would reduce the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent drug charges and pardon some marijuana posse...
Dec 22, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the Biden administration economic policies during a visit to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Migrant surge at the southern border rages on
LUKEVILLE, Az. - The number of migrants surging across the United States' southern border with Mexico shows no signs of slowing ahead of the holidays. The record for daily migrant encounters has alrea...
Dec 22, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order allowing Washington to impose sanctions on financial institutions that help Russia evade sanctions, U.S. Treasury...
Dec 22, 2023 Ukrainian service members fire a L119 howitzer towards Russian troops near the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 21, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Teen convicted of reckless homicide claims ineffective counsel
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager is now blaming his attorney after he pleaded guilty this year to causing a fatal accident and getting the maximum prison sentence. A hearing was held Thursday afternoo...
Dec 21, 2023 Clayton Bell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
'Santa Claus' makes special delivery to OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Even in the midst of crippling pain, Santa Claus can make everything better, even if for just a minute or two. That was the hope of Santa making his 27th visit to OSF Children's Hospita...
Dec 21, 2023 Danika Koeplin, 16, receives special presents from "Santa," a.k.a. Bill Turney, during a visit to OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois Thursday. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
