Illinois
Pritzker drops sarcastic meme after New Jersey governor says NJ has best pizza in the world
A couple of social media posts on National Pizza Day sparked a debate about which state has the best pizza.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, proclaiming his state is home to the best pizza in the world.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded “LOL” with a meme of actress Jennifer Lawrence rolling her eyes and giving a sarcastic thumbs up. Pritzker’s post had more than 2,400 likes.
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Which state in the U.S. has the best pizza?
One commenter posted a 2013 video of Jon Stewart, who is once again the host of the “The Daily Show.” In the video, Stewart denigrates deep dish pizza, which Chicago is famous for.
“Deep dish pizza is not only not better than New York pizza, it’s not pizza,” he said. “It’s a (expletive) casserole.”
More than 100 comments came after Pritzker’s post, with opinions on both sides of the debate:
“Born & raised in NJ, currently living in Illinois. Not even close, better pizza in NJ every time.”
“Jay Bob, we aren’t anywhere close to New Jersey on this grow up.”
“Get him J.B.!!!”
“Haha. Good one, JB. Fight for our honor.”
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According to an article by the Daily Meal, Illinois and New Jersey both have some of the best pizza joints in the country. Pequod’s in Chicago took second place, and the New Jersey eatery Razza Pizza Artigianale was in fourth place. In the No. 1 spot was Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven Connecticut.
“You’re both losing to Connecticut.”
CENTRALIA, Ill. – An investigation is underway after multiple people were shot Sunday in Centralia, Illinois, according to a report from WFCN News in southern Illinois.
FOX 2 has confirmed the Illinois State Police is investigating a shooting and taking over the investigation, but ISP could not confirm many further details as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
“The investigation is in its infancy and to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be released at this time,” ISP said in a statement to FOX 2.
According to WFCN News, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the 900 block of East Kell Street in Centralia. Multiple law enforcement agencies have since responded to scene and multiple victims are hospitalized, according to the report.
It’s unclear how many people may have been injured and what led up to the shooting.
Centralia, Illinois is about 70 miles, or just over an hour, east of St. Louis.
This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.
The National Weather Service has teams of storm surveryors in the field April 18 investigating several reports of severe storms and tornado touch downs across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri.
According to the weather service’s website, windgusts of up to 60 to 70 mph along with teacup-sized hail and several tornadoes were reported April 17.
Many homes and outbuildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in Lena, Illinois, where the most significant damage occurred, the site pointed out.
Very strong winds also were reported near Washington, Iowa, and Colmar, Illinois, where several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed.
The weather service received reports of confirmed and possible tornadoes in the areas of Lena, Pecatonica, Shirland, Rockton, Roscoe and Capron.
The teams will be assessing damage this weekend into next week along with county emergency management teams to determine what types of storms occurred and their paths.
Dozens of power outages were reported, as well.
As of the afternoon of April 18, ComEd was reporting 85 active power outages across northern Illinois, down from 241 on April 17, and 6,751 customers affected, down from more than 18,000.
The bulk of those outages and the most customers impacted are concentrated in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties.
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