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Kankakee County S.A. files lawsuit regarding 'SAFE-T Act'
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. KANKAKEE, Ill. - The first lawsuit is being filed to try and get the so-called "cashless bail" provision of the "SAFE-T" Act thrown out. Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe is ...
Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications
Chicago officers face felony charges for July shooting of unarmed suspect
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Two Chicago Police officers are being charged in connection with a shooting that left two people hurt in the Pilsen area over the summer. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx made th...
Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria council members invited to tech-start up Distillery Labs showcase
PEORIA, Ill. -- A tech start up group, perhaps hopes to sway local elected leaders as they consider a major brokerage deal designed to streamline the inclusion of tech-start up business in Peoria. A g...
Sep 16, 2022 (Distillery Labs)
Oktoberfest returns to the Peoria Riverfront this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Oktoberfest gets underway Friday evening on the Riverfront with German and Austrian food and music, and of course...BEER! Throughout the weekend there'll be log-sawing contest...
Sep 16, 2022
Queue to see queen's lying-in-state paused as capacity reached
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - As tens of thousands of people poured into London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's state funeral on Monday, the miles-long queue of mourners waiting to see her lying in state was...
Sep 16, 2022 Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and Britain's Princess Anne stand solemnly as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, completes its journey from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain September 11, 2022. Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS
Pedestrian hit overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say one person was hit by a car on the city's south side early Friday morning. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth says the incident happened at the intersectio...
Sep 16, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Judge rules for Trump, blocks review of seized classified records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing ...
Sep 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Teachers Union, PPS reach tentative deal
UPDATED 7:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780 and Peoria Public Schools have reached contract peace, several months after the previous deal expired. A joint statement fr...
Sep 15, 2022 (25 News)
Gay marriage bill hits snag in U.S. Senate, no vote until after elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate votes on legislation protecting gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. 8 congressional elections, as negotiators failed to win enough Republican ...
Sep 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO - A spectator wears a shirt with the word 'LOVE' on it while watching the San Francisco gay pride parade two days after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in San Francisco, California June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
State to lift COVID-19 testing requirement
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker is lifting another COVID-19 executive order. The Pritzker administration Thursday saying that in line with new CDC guidelines, unvaccinated employees of schools an...
Sep 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
