Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Law professor took the stand in fifth day of Sean Grayson murder trial
UPDATED AT 12:35 P.M. PEORIA, ILL. (25 NEWS) - Day five of former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson's murder trial featured testimony from a national expert on police use of force. 25 News reports t...
Oct 24, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
Top Trump official defied court order on tear gas during Chicago crackdown, protesters say
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A top U.S. Border Patrol official violated a court order limiting the use of tear gas during demonstrations against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Chicago, a gr...
Oct 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
As winter approaches, Peoria's public camping ban is being enforced
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Winter is on its way, and there's no motel project to mitigate the effects of Peoria's public camping ban. Last winter, LULA Peoria helped the homeless community stay out of t...
Oct 24, 2025 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
US consumer prices rise slightly less than expected in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased slightly less than expected in September, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next week. The Consumer Price Index ros...
Oct 24, 2025 People shop for groceries at a store in New York City, U.S., July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Peoria's bringing the treats with annual 'City Hall-O-Ween' on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Hall will be filled with ghosts, ghouls and Trick or Treating Friday afternoon. Peoria's Stacy Peterson says City Hall will be decorated for the 6th annual City Hall-O-Ween ...
Oct 24, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Reagan 1987 address was defense of free but fair trade
(Reuters) -The 1987 radio address by the late former U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the center of a new U.S.-Canada row was a defense of free but fair trade in which he explained his decision to put ...
Oct 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of a painting of former U.S. President Ronald reagan, attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Experts Testify on Fourth Day of Sean Grayson Murder Trial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The fourth day of testimony in the Sean Grayson murder trial brought several law enforcement witnesses to the stand Thursday. Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deput...
Oct 23, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
With East Wing nearly demolished, White House looks for more donors to help fund ballroom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is looking for more donors to help fund President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom. The president's team has released a list of companies and wealthy individu...
Oct 23, 2025 A demolition crew takes apart the facade of the East Wing of the White House, where President Trump's proposed ballroom is being built. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Fate of Illinois' first-in-the-nation credit card 'swipe fee' ban awaits judge's ruling
Article Summary A federal judge this week heard oral arguments in a case challenging Illinois' first-in-the-nation law prohibiting financial institutions from charging fees on the tip and tax portions...
Oct 23, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents
Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order creating a new commission to document unlawful actions by federal agents. The commission has three primary goals: Creating a public record of abus...
Oct 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs an executive order in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 23, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document abuses by federal agents. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
