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State-based health insurance marketplace opens amid federal budget stalemate
Article summary: Open enrollment for health insurance sold through the Affordable Care Act marketplace begins Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15, 2026. Many people will see their out-of-pocket premiums i...
Oct 17, 2025 Ann Gillespie, a former state senator who is now the state’s insurance department director, is pictured at a news conference with Gov. JB Pritzker and others in 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley dies at 74
(Reuters) -Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of the rock group Kiss, whose hard-driving sound, stage theatrics and iconic makeup created one of the most popular and groundbreaking bands of all ...
Oct 17, 2025 Kiss band member Ace Frehley poses with his award after the rock band was inducted at the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York April 10, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
UPDATE: Ex Trump adviser Bolton pleads not guilty to mishandling classified information charges
Updated at 10:46 a.m. GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to Donald Trump who has become one of the U.S. president's biggest critics, pleaded not ...
Oct 17, 2025 Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Fire overnight in Peoria causes $100K in damage
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria fire crews responded to a structure fire early Friday morning in the area of N. Bestor Street and W. Armstrong Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says firefighters arrived...
Oct 17, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Krishnamoorthi spends $450K per week on TV ads in Senate race
Article Summary Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi raised $3.1 million and spent $5.9 million last quarter, bringing his total cash on hand at the end of September to about $18 million. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratto...
Oct 17, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi were the fundraising leaders in the Democratic Senate primary, according to quarterly finance reports. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki)
Former military leaders decry National Guard deployment in Illinois
Article Summary A group of retired military officials met with Gov. JB Pritzker and condemned the politicization of armed forces as troops march in several U.S. cities. The deployment of the National ...
Oct 17, 2025 Ret. Maj. Gen. Randy Manner condemns the use of military troops to support domestic law enforcement at an Oct. 16 news conference alongside Gov. JB Pritzker and other retired military officers. Also pictured, from left to right: Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, Gov. JB Pritzker, Maj. Gen. William Enyart, Capt. Janessa Goldbeck, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton and Rear Adm. Michael Smith. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal crash Thursday night in Peoria
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. 10/17 PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal pedestrian versus vehicle crash in Peoria on Thursday night likely died instantly. That's the finding after an autopsy was conducted Friday...
Oct 16, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria-area therapist believes dealing with traumas can reduce youth violence
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area therapist is suggesting a compassionate approach to solving the area's youth crime problem. Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria spoke out after three teenagers were arrest...
Oct 16, 2025 A man was shot in the head in the 2300 block of W. Antoinette in Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Ex-national security adviser Bolton latest charged in Trump crackdown on critics
GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was indicted on Thursday on charges of retaining and transmitting national defense information, marking the...
Oct 16, 2025 Former National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the John F. Kennedy Jr Forum at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court ruling that temporarily blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in Illi...
Oct 16, 2025 National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
