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Tim Shelley/Peoria Public Radio A truly open seat election for Congress is relatively rare and tends to attract a lot of interest from ambitious politicians. U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos' retirement creates a wide open field in the 17th Congressional District next year. After five terms in Congress, Bustos, D-Moline, surprised many political watchers with the announcement she won't run again next year. Bustos said the decision has nothing to do with upcoming redistricting, or her narrower than initially anticipated win over Republican Esther Joy King last year. "Really, it's a very personal decis...

By WMAY Newsroom Official U.S. House photo A Democratic congresswoman from Illinois has announced she will not seek another term next year. Cheri Bustos had a closer-than-expected re-election fight in 2020… and had also chaired the House Democrats’ overall campaign effort last year, which resulted in Republicans picking up seats and shrinking the Democratic majority in the House. Bustos is a native of Springfield and a graduate of Springfield High School. Esther Joy King, who narrowly lost to Bustos last year, has already announced she’s running again.

Joy King wants to create a safe school dance experience with Magic City Prom Tours Updated Feb 24, 2021; Posted Feb 24, 2021 Joy King's Magic City Prom Tours will escort Birmingham-area middle and high school students to party and dance at the The Pixel Room Selfie Museum in Leeds, Ala. (Credit: Shauna Stuart for AL.com) Facebook Share Alabama schools continue to navigate when and how to resume in-person learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the likelihood of in-person social events still remains unclear for a lot of school systems. When school districts around the state cance...

Here are Alabama’s 2020 Entertainers of the Year Updated Jan 05, 2021; Posted Dec 31, 2020 Among AL.com's Entertainers of the Year in 2020 are (clockwise from top left) Charles Barkley, Madalen MIlls, the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema and Ashley Monroe. (AL.com / Getty Images / Madalen Mills / Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema) Facebook Share Twitter Share Check out these Alabama people and movements that made significant cultural contributions locally, regionally and nationally in 2020, especially during a global pandemic that forced so many unforeseen changes in their respective industr...