Category Archives: Top Stories
Pritzker proposes creation of new standalone early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the nation for child care accessibility, Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday to consolidate all the state's ea...
Oct 24, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker announces his intention to create a new state agency to oversee early childhood education programs, combining functions currently managed by three state agencies. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Former White House Chief of Staff Meadows granted immunity in Jan 6 case -ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was granted immunity to testify under oath in U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 case over the 2020 presidential election, AB...
Oct 24, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows walks out of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, where a hearing on his petition to move the Fulton County case to federal court in the 2020 election case took place, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File Photo
Alaska Air pilot in aborted flight said he used 'magic' mushrooms, documents show
(Reuters) -An off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut off the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet during a flight over the Pacific Northwest said he was having a nervous breakdown and had previously in...
Oct 24, 2023 An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from the airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
'Humanitarian pause' in Hamas-Israel war is urged to aid Gaza civilians
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United Nations, United States and Canada appealed on Tuesday for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war to allow safe deliveries of aid to civilians stricken by sh...
Oct 24, 2023 Palestinians inspect a petrol station that was hit in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Jewish Federation of Peoria leaders talks about how people locally can support those in Israel
PEORIA, Ill. - Around this time last year, the Peoria Riverfront Museum hosted an event titled "Women Leading a Dialogue." It featured women from Israel of Jewish and Muslim faiths talking about livin...
Oct 24, 2023 The Jewish Federation of Peoria is asking the community to wear these blue ribbons in support of the people of Israel. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sources: Pekin Insurance is laying off employees, likely as part of 'restructuring.' Here's what we know
PEKIN, Ill. - Job losses are apparently the next part of what was called earlier this month a "strategic initiative" at a large Tazewell County employer. Sources are telling WMBD Radio News Pekin Insu...
Oct 24, 2023 Pekin Insurance corporate headquarters (Source: www.pekininsurance.com)
Illinois part of multi-state lawsuit against Meta over business practices targeting young children
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois is one of 33 states coming together to sue Meta for alleged harmful business practices that target children. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Californ...
Oct 24, 2023 (Office of the Illinois Attorney General)
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes as calls rise for aid to stricken civilians
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed overnight by Israeli air strikes, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll in Israel's two-wee...
Oct 24, 2023 A general view shows the house where Palestinian teenager Dima Allamdani, who fled to southern Gaza Strip with her family to avoid the constant onslaught of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, was sheltering in, which was hit by Israeli jets that killed 13 of her relatives, including her parents, 7 siblings and 4 members of her uncle's family, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
UPDATE: Emmer drops US House speaker bid as Republican infighting continues
UPDATED 4:02 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Tom Emmer abandoned his bid to lead the House of Representatives on Tuesday, just hours after his fellow Republicans nominated him, continui...
Oct 24, 2023 U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting to choose a nominee in the race for House Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Go "All-In" Tuesday to support Peoria's Ronald McDonald House
PEORIA, Ill. - Tuesday, October 24 is the day to go "All-In" for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois. Donations made on Tuesday will help support Peoria's own Ronald McDonald House. Ro...
Oct 24, 2023 (Exterior of the Ronald McDonald House of Central Illinois--Facebook page)
