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Scuffles and arrests outside Chicago ICE facility that has been protest focus
BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Several arrests were made on Friday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago that has been t...
Oct 03, 2025 A demonstrator is detained as people protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center
(Reuters) -The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain right-w...
Oct 03, 2025 A person passes by the FBI seal on the wall of the FBI headquarters, days after the Trump administration launched a sweeping round of cuts at the Justice Department, in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria's Crew 309 promotes wellness and support for breast cancer survivors
PEORIA, Ill. - Cancer Recovery Empowering Women...that's the mission of Peoria's Crew 309. The rowing crew has 75 members who train year-round on land and on the Illinois River. Co-founder Lindsey Vla...
Oct 03, 2025 Members of Crew 309 rowing team on the Illinois River. (crew309.org)
Alleged downtown Peoria shooter to make court appearance Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of shooting two people in downtown Peoria early Sunday morning will appear in court on Friday for a detention hearing. 29-year-old Adrian Morris is charged with two coun...
Oct 03, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man sentenced for murder of his girlfriend in 2021 near Brimfield
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced to more than six decades in prison for the 2021 murder of his girlfriend near Brimfield. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Joshua McGee was sente...
Oct 03, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump freezes Chicago transit funding, targeting Democratic areas in shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as the government shutdown entered...
Oct 03, 2025 A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, following a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentencing hearing on prostitution-related charges kicks off
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs sentencing hearing on prostitution-related charges kicked off on Friday, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and...
Oct 03, 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro argues during a hearing over his bid to overturn his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, at a courtroom in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Trump's powers in spotlight as new Supreme Court term looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of President Donald Trump's tariffs a...
Oct 03, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria County celebrates its Bicentennial with a bash this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's celebrating its bicentennial with a block party this weekend. County Board Member Rob Reneau says Saturday's event downtown will include food trucks, live music and all ...
Oct 03, 2025 (peoriacounty.gov)
Duo charged in connection with Peoria homicide of a 15-year-old boy
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A teenager and a man have been charged for their alleged involvement in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on Tuesday in Peoria. 25 News reports that 18-year-old Curtis J...
Oct 03, 2025 18-year-old Curtis Jones and 27-year-old Jafari Robinson were indicted Thursday for their alleged involvement in the death of a 15-year-old boy on Tuesday in Peoria. (Peoria Co. Jail)
