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Elections board deadlocks on $10M fine for Senate President Don Harmon
Article Summary The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked, 4-4, on partisan lines when determining whether Senate President Don Harmon violated fundraising restrictions in 2024. The board fined...
Oct 21, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is pictured in the Illinois Senate on May 31, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Some charges against Grayson dropped in second day of his murder trial
PEORIA, Ill. - Prosecutors have agreed to drop some charges against Sean Grayson during the second day of his murder trial in Peoria. 25 News reports charges of aggravated battery and official miscond...
Oct 21, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
UPDATE: Judge's block on deploying National Guard extended indefinitely as Supreme Court weighs case
UPDATED 10/22 6:37 P.M. Editor's note: This story was updated after a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in which the Trump administration suggested extending U.S. District Judge April Perry's temporary re...
Oct 21, 2025 A group of people in military fatigues walks into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Thursday, Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Delivery van driver cited after construction zone crash on Maxwell Road
PEORIA, Ill. - A delivery van driver from Oak Park was cited after a crash in a construction zone on Maxwell Road Tuesday morning. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says the van was southbound just a...
Oct 21, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria teenager arrested after alleged theft and vehicle crash in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has been arrested after allegedly crashing a vehicle following a retail theft in Bloomington. Bloomington Police says officers responded Monday night just after 7...
Oct 21, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Trump threatens Hamas amid push towards next steps of Gaza truce
KIRYAT GAT, Israel/CAIRO (Reuters) -The United States increased pressure on Hamas on Tuesday to disarm in the next phase of an already fragile Gaza ceasefire as President Donald Trump pushed to cement...
Oct 21, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press conference following a military briefing at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in southern Israel October 21, 2025. Nathan Howard/Pool via REUTERS
US House panel seeks Bill Clinton interview in Epstein investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led congressional committee is seeking testimony from former Democratic President Bill Clinton as part of its investigation into the late financier and sex offender ...
Oct 21, 2025 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference accompanied by U.S. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Representative Lisa McClain (R-MI), weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago
Washington creates deputy city administrator position
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington has created a new back up role for its city administration. Aldermen on Monday night approved the creation of a Deputy City Administrator position, with Ward ...
Oct 21, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bellevue man charged with receiving and distributing child porn released before trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bellevue man accused of receiving and distributing child pornography has been released from pre-trial custody. 25 News reports that 26-year-old Rose Magnus will have to comply with se...
Oct 21, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Amazon says AWS cloud service is back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon.com cloud service returned to normal operations on Monday afternoon, the company said, after an internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, inc...
Oct 21, 2025 An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
