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Former trooper seeks restoration of driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crash
(Capitol News Illinois) - For years, former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White blocked attempts by an ex-state trooper to regain his driving privileges after a high-speed crash that caused the de...
Sep 14, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Biden's son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was criminally charged on Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a sitting pre...
Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Biden says Republicans want to impeach him to shut down the government
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Republicans wanted to impeach him because they want to shut down the government, hours after the White House denounced plans to launch an impeachment i...
Sep 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their families on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
A pair of accidents on I-74 snarl traffic in Tazewell County
UPDATED 9:35 A.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say two crashes were the cause of traffic delays Thursday morning in the westbound lanes of I-74 in East Peoria. The first accident happened...
Sep 14, 2023 A pair of accidents on I-74 westbound near the Pinecrest exit led to traffic delays Thursday around 8 a.m. (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
SUV driver hospitalized after crash in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters and paramedics had to free the driver of an SUV involved in a rollover accident Wednesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Acting Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says the SUV...
Sep 14, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden to address budget cuts, government shutdown in Thursday speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will address the impact of federal budget cuts and a looming government shutdown on the American people, in what aides described as a major ...
Sep 14, 2023 US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on averting default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2023. JIM WATSON/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
UPDATE: Detroit Three strike deadline nears as sides remain far apart
Updated 10:29 a.m. 9/14 (Reuters) - U.S. automakers and union negotiators offered little hope a deal would be reached on Thursday to avoid a midnight walk-off that would be the United Auto Workers' fi...
Sep 13, 2023 Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members rally in front of General Motors World headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File photo
Mitt Romney to retire from US Senate after wild ride through Republican politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, capping a roller-coaster ride through Republican politics from the height of his party's 2012 presidential nomination ...
Sep 13, 2023 U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) faces reporters during a news conference where he discussed his intention not to seek reelection following the end of his current term, which ends in January 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Man pleads not guilty to setting two house fires in his Norwood neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A Norwood man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of setting two homes on fire there a month ago. A grand jury Tuesday charged Troy Smith, 34, with two Class-X felony counts ...
Sep 13, 2023 Troy Smith (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
State Fair reports nine-year attendance high
(Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Fair - a multi-million annual agriculture festival in Springfield - reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, ...
Sep 13, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker, organizers of the Illinois State Fair and others cut the ribbon at the main gate of the Illinois State Fairgrounds last month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
