Category Archives: Top Stories
Morton band places second in their division at Grand Nationals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - A big and award-winning season for the Morton High School Marching Band has ended with what the band calls its "highest ranking ever" at a national competition. Band officials say...
Nov 12, 2023 Morton drum majors receive the award for 2nd-place in Class 2A (Left to Right: Nathan Manthey, Rachel Clauson, Taylor Rice and Drew Feit). (Photo courtesy Paul Friend)
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Roman Catholic conservatives, after he refused to step do...
Nov 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Catholic bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas speaks during a rally to protest the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the pro-LGBTQ+ group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 16, 2023. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS
Bradley University suspends women's basketball coach. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There are more questions than answers after Bradley University announced Saturday night it was suspending its head women's basketball coach. The university said Kate Popovec-Goss was be...
Nov 12, 2023 (25 News)
Israel offers Gaza hospital evacuation for babies but fighting rages on
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's army said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, but Palestinian officials said people inside were still trapped, with two newborns ...
Nov 12, 2023 Palestinian children wounded in Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas wait to receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody's warns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are due to unveil a stopgap measure on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown, the latest in a series of standoffs that contri...
Nov 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly-elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks from his office to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2023.REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Morton High School Marching Band advances at grand nationals in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Morton High School Marching Band will play on at the national championships. The band learned Friday night that they were one of 33 in four classifications to advance to the s...
Nov 11, 2023 (Paul Friend/Morton High School Marching Band)
UAW workers at GM's Flint plant narrowly vote against new labor deal
(Reuters) -United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at General Motors' Flint assembly plant in Michigan have narrowly voted against a proposed contract with the U.S. automaker, the local chapter said. ...
Nov 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
UPDATE: Peoria honors veterans with parade and ceremony Saturday morning
UPDATED 12:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A parade during a crisp and cool fall morning in downtown Peoria honored all of those who have served their country. The city's annual Veteran's Day Parade was held S...
Nov 11, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hollywood actors win streaming bonuses under new contract
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Streaming services will pay bonuses of roughly $40 million per year as part of the tentative labor agreement reached between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and major Hollywood studi...
Nov 11, 2023 SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland attend a press conference after SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to bring an end to the actors strike, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Israel's war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals
UPDATED 8:51 A.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian officials said a baby died and dozens more patients were at risk from an Israeli siege around Gaza's largest hospital on Saturday, while Israel ...
Nov 11, 2023 Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
