Category Archives: Top Stories
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)
UPDATE: Death toll in Louisville UPS plane crash rises to 9
Updated at 7:57 a.m. (Reuters) -The death toll from the crash of a UPS cargo plane that erupted into a fireball moments after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday has risen to nine, city and sta...
Nov 04, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 4, 2025. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Teenagers accused in South Peoria shooting death of man on bicycle indicted
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers have been indicted for murder by a Peoria County grand jury in the shooting death of a man riding a bicycle in South Peoria last month. On Tuesday, 16-year-old Orlando H...
Nov 04, 2025 courtroom gavel
Washington woman ordered to remain in jail in alleged child sexual assault case
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County prosecutors claim the parents of a baby born earlier this year are a Washington woman and the minor she allegedly had sex with. 25 News reports DNA testing presented in a...
Nov 04, 2025 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
Article Summary More than 630 candidates submitted petitions to run for state, federal and judicial office - including dozens seeking to take advantage of a generational turnover in the state's congre...
Nov 04, 2025 Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. No Republican filed to run against him in 2026 by the initial Nov. 4 filing deadline. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Hopewell man dies after one-vehicle crash in Marshall County
HOPEWELL, Ill. - A Hopewell man has died after a one-vehicle crash in Marshall County Tuesday afternoon. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office says 94-year-old Orville Schneider was pronounced dead at ...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both of central Illinois' Congressmen will have primary challengers in March. The deadline to file nominating petitions to run in next year's March elections was Monday at 5:00 P.M...
Nov 04, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ISP vehicle damaged after sideswiped in Peoria County
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois State Police squad car was struck in Peoria County on Monday night. ISP says the car was sideswiped by a black Ford Escape just before 7:30 P.M. on US Route 24 near Men...
Nov 04, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Police chief denies reports of ICE operating in Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop says reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the River City are not true. Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the department received reports Tuesday of ICE ...
Nov 04, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Peoria Riverfront Museum announces gift and new document for America 250 exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - A gift to the Peoria Riverfront Museum is giving more people a chance to see America's history. The museum announced Tuesday morning a $1 million gift in association with its America 25...
Nov 04, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
