Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Israeli hostage handover is under way in Gaza, Palestinian official says
UPDATED 12:46 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The handover of more Israeli hostages by Hamas is under way in Gaza, a Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts told Reuters on Wednesday, the ...
Nov 29, 2023 People react after the release of Palestinian prisoners amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Temporary staffing agencies seek to block new state labor law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A group of temporary staffing agencies and their trade associations are asking a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that governs how day ...
Nov 28, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
US Senate to take up Israel, Ukraine aid as soon as next week - Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will begin consideration of legislation including aid for Israel and Ukraine as soon as next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, adding th...
Nov 28, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Former GOP senator, third-party governor candidate to represent himself in corruption trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Monday was supposed to have been the first day in the weeklong federal corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann, who allegedly misused mo...
Nov 28, 2023 Former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Springfield on Monday after he was granted another delay in his corruption trial, which was set for this week. McCann was also granted a last-minute motion to ditch his federal public defender in order to represent himself. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Child care, health care workers in Peoria urge state for raises and better benefits
PEORIA, Ill. - A group of health care workers paid for by the state want a raise and better benefits. The group of child care providers and Department of Rehabilitation Services workers - covered by t...
Nov 28, 2023 A group of child care and Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services workers hold an informational rally outside One Technology Plaza in downtown Peoria Tuesday, November 28. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'Cyber-incident' continues to impact Tazewell County government; investigation continues
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower says a criminal investigation is continuing into what he calls a "cyber-incident" that took down the computer and phone systems of Tazewell County gove...
Nov 28, 2023 Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower holds a news conference Tuesday, November 28. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Technology to help farmers a focus at the Greater Peoria Farm Show
PEORIA, Ill. - Farmers from across the land are converging on the Peoria Civic Center this week to learn the latest in their industry. The 42nd Greater Peoria Farm Show is taking place this week from ...
Nov 28, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Thanksgiving weekend sales hit record on big discounts, online boost
(Reuters) -Deep discounts on everything from beauty products and toys to electronics during the Thanksgiving weekend enticed U.S. shoppers to splurge about $38 billion online, signaling a strong holid...
Nov 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers crowd a Walmart store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly in House Republicans' impeachment probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden on Tuesday offered to testify publicly in the House Republican impeachment inquiry of his father's Democratic administration, while a ...
Nov 28, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, walks outside on the day of his appearance in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Sebastian Maniscalco returns to Peoria next December
PEORIA, Ill. - Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco will make another stop in Peoria next year as part of his 'That Ain't Right' tour, which he says will be his biggest yet, with new material, a new stage an...
Nov 28, 2023 (Photo Sebastian Maniscalco Facebook)
