Author Archives: Caleb Kelch
MLB, sportsbooks limit pitch-specific bets after players charged in bet-rigging scheme
(Reuters) -Major League Baseball and its sportsbook partners moved to limit pitch-level wagering on Monday, a day after two players for the Cleveland Guardians were charged in a scheme to rig bets on ...
Nov 10, 2025 Jun 4, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Luis L. Ortiz (45) pitches in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
Peoria Man Charged with Home Invasion, Domestic Battery
A Peoria man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and attacking her over the weekend. Andre D. Johnson, 41, was charged with home invasion and domestic battery foll...
Nov 10, 2025
New Chemical Plant to Open Along Illinois River in Peoria
A new chemical manufacturing facility will soon begin operations on Peoria's south side. 25 News reports that Viridis Industrial Chemistry will operate along the Illinois River next to the former BioU...
Nov 10, 2025 Viridis Industrial Chemistry
Illinois Lawmakers React to Senate Vote on Government Shutdown
The record-long government shutdown may be coming to an end after a Senate vote Sunday. 25 News reports the Senate voted 60-40 on a deal that would potentially end the shutdown. Eight Democrats joined...
Nov 10, 2025 25 NEWS
Key Illinois Democrats at odds with Durbin over shutdown vote - again
Article Summary Illinois' Dick Durbin was one of eight Democrats in the U.S. Senate to support a plan on Sunday night to reopen the federal government. The plan angered many top Illinois Democrats suc...
Nov 10, 2025 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US Senate compromise sets stage for end to government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end this week after a compromise that would restore federal funding cleared an initial Senate hurdle late on Sunday, though ...
Nov 10, 2025 A member of security walks down the U.S. Capitol steps after the U.S. Senate advances a bill to end the government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Three Days Grace announces 2026 stop at Peoria Civic Center
Rock giants Three Days Grace will bring their Alienation World Tour to Peoria next year. The multi-platinum Canadian band will perform at the Peoria Civic Center Arena on November 3, 2026. I Prevail a...
Nov 10, 2025 Peoria Civic Center
US Senate on verge of advancing bill to end federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday appeared poised to move forward with a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers...
Nov 09, 2025 Signage warning of closures due to the U.S. Government shutdown in front of the National Gallery of Art, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Illinois bill 'decouples' state, federal taxes, raising revenue and angering businesses
Article Summary Illinois lawmakers approved a bill last week to "decouple" some state taxes on businesses from the federal government. The changes allow Illinois to collect more taxes from corporation...
Nov 04, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions in his Capitol office on Thursday, Oct. 30. (CNI photo by Andrew Adams)
'They are literally targeting people.' ICE comes to southern Illinois
Article Summary A man who is undocumented was detained inside the Clinton County Courthouse in Carlyle as he arrived for a Spanish-language traffic docket. Immigration arrests in and around county cou...
Oct 31, 2025 Jose Jeronimo Guardian, 48, was detained for deportation at the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Carlyle, Illinois. The men who arrested Guardian declined to identify themselves and took him out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Guardian is undocumented and was attempting to go to a Spanish-language traffic court for charges unrelated to his immigration status. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
