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State rep., comptroller candidate's ICE disclosures draw threats from DOJ
Article Summary State representative and comptroller candidate Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, has come under fire from online conservatives for publicizing ICE vehicle details. Secretary of State Alexi Gi...
Oct 27, 2025 State Rep. Margaret Croke talks to reporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27, as she waits to file her petitions to run for comptroller. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Crowded Dem primaries, GOP field for governor take shape as candidates file for office
Article Summary Hundreds of candidates filed petitions on Monday to run for office in 2026 as several primary races take shape. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' push to redraw Illinois' con...
Oct 27, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker and lieutenant governor candidate Christian Mitchell prepare to file nominating petitions at the Illinois State Board of Elections building in Springfield on Monday, Oct. 27. Between them is Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar, who is running for lieutenant governor on the GOP ticket alongside former state Sen. Darren Bailey. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Male juveniles injured in South Peoria shooting Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - A pair of male juveniles were injured after shots were fired in South Peoria on Monday afternoon. Peoria Police responded just after 3:00 P.M. to the area of Starr and Ligonier, finding...
Oct 27, 2025
Grayson takes stand to testify at his murder trial as it enters second week
PEORIA, Ill. - The second week of the Sean Grayson murder trial begins with the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy taking the stand. Grayson is charged with First Degree Murder in the death of So...
Oct 27, 2025 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Peoria crews contain dryer fire at Providence Point Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters responded to the Providence Point Apartments in downtown Peoria Monday morning on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Josh Maroney says just before 10 a.m., crew...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump gets royal welcome in Japan, China trade truce hopes rise
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal welcome on Monday in Japan, the latest leg of a five-day Asia trip which he hopes to cap with an agreement on a trade war truce with Chine...
Oct 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan October 27, 2025. KAZUHIRO NOGI/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Victim in fatal pedestrian crash near downtown Peoria identified
UPDATED 11:22 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 71-year-old man has been identified as the pedestrian who died in a traffic crash Monday morning near downtown Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Rudy...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as 'catastrophic' Category 5 storm
UPDATED 1:27 P.M. KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustai...
Oct 27, 2025 A wave crashes, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in the Harbour View neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
More than 8,000 US flights delayed as air traffic control absences persist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 8,000 flights were delayed across the U.S. on Sunday as air traffic controller absences continued to disrupt travel and a federal government shutdown reached its 26th d...
Oct 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Air traffic controllers resume operations a day after Hollywood Burbank Airport operated for hours without a staffed control tower due to staffing shortages amid the U.S. government shutdown, in Burbank, California, U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Trump says he would not run for vice president in 2028
AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out running for the vice presidency in the 2028 U.S. election, an approach some of his supporters have floated to allow the R...
Oct 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs for Asia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
