Category Archives: Top Stories
In telephone town hall, Sorensen blames shutdown potential on 'extremists'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One local Congressman says both Democrats and Republicans want to avoid a government shutdown and get a federal budget passed - or, at least, a short-term extension - by midnight Sa...
Sep 28, 2023 (Rep. Eric Sorensen)
President, CEO of WTVP passes away
UPDATED 7:04 P. M. PEORIA, Ill. - A local community leader has passed away. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood confirms Lesley Matuszak, 66, was found unresponsive in her Moss Avenue home Thursday af...
Sep 28, 2023 Lesley Matuszak (Courtesy WTVP)
Giannoulias recommends permanent increase to driving test age requirement
(Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this week filed administrative rules that would increase the age at which a driver is required to pass a driving test when they ...
Sep 28, 2023 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
Drought levels decreasing in central Illinois after rains in the past week
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Rainfall in the past week helped reduce drought conditions in central Illinois. The latest U.S Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that all of Tazewell and Woodford Counti...
Sep 28, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATE: Fire destroys home in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood. Here's what we know
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A home in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood is being torn down Thursday after fire ravaged it. Peoria firefighters were called to the home near Madison and Camblin 10:5...
Sep 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans
UPDATED: 10:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate forged ahead on Thursday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a de...
Sep 28, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
Michael Gambon, British actor who played Dumbledore, dies aged 82
LONDON (Reuters) -British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" movie franchise and whose career was launched...
Sep 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Michael Gambon attends a Service of Thanksgiving for Sir Peter Hall at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File photo
U.S. pending home sales fall more than expected in August
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. existing homes fell more than expected in August, tumbling by the most in nearly a year as high mortgage rates erode affordability, according to a survey rel...
Sep 28, 2023 A house under construction is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Effort underway to unionize workers at Rivian plant in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - A union with almost 600,000 members is seeking to expand its ranks by organizing thousands of workers who build electric vehicles and Rivian Automotive in Normal. The unioniza...
Sep 28, 2023 (25 News)
Trump says UAW talks don't matter because EV shift will kill jobs
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it mattered little whether striking union autoworkers secured a favorable deal in talks with America's biggest carmakers because the shi...
Sep 28, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses auto workers as he skips the second GOP debate, in Clinton Township, Michigan, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
