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East Peoria man federally charged with allegedly stealing identities and wire fraud
PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conducting a wire fraud and identity theft scheme. The US Department of Justice says 35-year-old Stephen Keith...
Dec 16, 2025 courtroom gavel
Man indicted for 2018 homicide in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted by a grand jury for a 2018 homicide in the East Bluff. 27-year-old Avione QM Parks is indicted on one count of First Degree Murder for his alleged connect...
Dec 16, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Border Patrol commander, agents reappear in force in Chicago immigrant communities
CHICAGO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents returned to Chicago in force on Tuesday after a month-long slowdown, renewing a conflict with opponents of the agency's methods, according to a Re...
Dec 16, 2025 U.S. federal agents detain a man during an immigration raid, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Illinois extends open enrollment deadline for health care plans starting Jan. 1
Story Summary Illinois residents who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace now have until Dec. 31 to select a plan for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1, 2026. Illinois now opera...
Dec 16, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
JD Vance asks for patience in Pennsylvania on US cost of living
ALBURTIS, Pennsylvania, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for patience as the administration works to rein in high living costs during a speech in Pennsylvania one week after Pres...
Dec 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to journalist during a meeting with the Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the presidential residence, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Leo Correa/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pritzker signs $1.5B plan to overhaul public transportation, avoid service cuts
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to provide $1.5 billion in new revenue for public transportation agencies while creating a new Chicago-area oversight agency. The plan does not include a...
Dec 16, 2025 A Chicago Transit Authority Train known as the “L” makes a turn on the system’s “Loop” in downtown Chicago on Sept. 10, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IHSA approves football playoff expansion to include more teams in postseason play
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The state high school football playoffs are getting bigger. The Illinois High School Association announced on Tuesday that a proposal to add 16 more teams to each of the eight clas...
Dec 16, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
Dec 16 (Reuters) - The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving the campus and sur...
Dec 16, 2025 Cordon tape at the site of Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
Trump's $300 million White House ballroom makeover faces day in court
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to build a $300 million ballroom on White House grounds faces an early courtroom test on Tuesday after preservationists accused him of ille...
Dec 16, 2025 The construction site of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom is lit up as work continues late into the night at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US job growth beats expectations in November; unemployment rate at 4.6%
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth rebounded in November after nonfarm payrolls declined in October because of government spending cuts, but the unemployment rate was at 4.6% as the labor ...
Dec 16, 2025 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
