Category Archives: Local News
Parking And Shuttle Information For Deputy Troy Chisum Visitation
Visitation for fallen Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum will be from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Cuba High School. A first responder walk through will occur as part of the visitation at 5 p.m. Illinois State Po...
Jun 29, 2019 Illinois State Police
Peoria County Man Suffers Partial Arm Ampuation
Peoria firefighters assisted Akron-Princeville firefighters and medical personnel in the immediate treatment of a man whose arm became caught in a grain auger. Akron-Princeville firefighters and param...
Jun 29, 2019
Leader For 9/11 Compensation Funding Dies
(AP) - A former New York City police detective who was a leader in the fight for the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund has died at age 53. Detective Luis Alvarez's death from cancer Saturday was anno...
Jun 29, 2019
Gambling Addiction Program Expects Surge In Enrollment
(AP) - A confidential list of more than 13,000 people in Illinois registered in a voluntary casino exclusion program for gambling addicts is projected to grow with the upcoming massive expansion of ga...
Jun 29, 2019 AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File
President Trump Wraps Up Appearance At G20 Summit
(AP) - President Donald Trump says he may be meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Sunday during a visit to the demilitarized zone with South Korea. But he says nothing has been set just yet. Trum...
Jun 29, 2019 AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Canton Girl Takes To The Softball Field To Honor Her Father
(From 25 News) - Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum was honored Friday night in Canton at a softball game where one of his daughters took the field surrounded by family, friends, and complete strangers,...
Jun 29, 2019 25 News
Governor Signs State Construction Bill
(AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law a $45 billion capital spending plan to build and upgrade bridges, roads, schools and parks and pay for it by expanding gambling and make it more ...
Jun 28, 2019
Family Of Fallen Deputy Releases Statement
The family of slain Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum has released a statement through the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Chisum, 39, was fatally shot Tuesday as he responded to a battery and disturba...
Jun 28, 2019 Illinois State Police
Supreme Court To Decide On Trump Bid To End DACA
(AP) - The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can end an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation. The justices' order Friday sets up high-stakes legal argum...
Jun 28, 2019
When It's Hot, Leave Pets At Home
In the heat, just leave Fido at home. Becky Spencer, with Peoria County Animal Protection Services, says with highs over 90 degrees this weekend, resist taking your dog in the car, where temperatures ...
Jun 28, 2019
