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Epstein victims urge US Congress to pass bill requiring release of documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein demanded on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress pass legislation forcing the release of all unclassified records related to the dis...
Sep 03, 2025 Haley Robson, victim of late financier Jeffrey Epstein, speaks on the day of a rally in support of Epstein's victims, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Heights approves replacing state grocery tax with local version
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Another central Illinois community has implemented a grocery tax. On Tuesday night, the Peoria Heights Board of Trustees approved a 1% local version of the tax to go into effect...
Sep 03, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Pekin Marigold Festival returns with 'team spirit' theme
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's Marigold Festival is back for its 53rd year...kicking off Wednesday night with the Taste of Pekin. This year's theme is Marigold Pep Rally: Team Spirit. Event Chair Val Springbor...
Sep 03, 2025 Crowds at the Pekin Marigold Festival's Art in the Park. (Pekin Marigold Festival Facebook page)
The Putt Club receives loan from East Peoria for renovations
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A mini-golf entertainment hub in East Peoria is getting help from the city to grow. In its consent agenda Tuesday night, the city council approved $500,000 from its Revolving Loan ...
Sep 03, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Republican US House committee releases thousands of Epstein files
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday said it released more than 33,000 pages of files on the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
Sep 03, 2025 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), speaks to reporters after meeting with survivors of abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US military kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operati...
Sep 03, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump replies to a question during 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
Increased police presence expected after 'rumored threat' to Limestone Community High School
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- An increased police presence is expected at Limestone Community High School on Wednesday after police and school administrators investigated an "extremely vague" online report. Li...
Sep 03, 2025 (File-25 News)
Open burning leads to garage fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to N. Missouri Avenue Tuesday evening on reports of a garage and shed on fire. Crews arrived just before 6 p.m., finding both structures on fire. The fi...
Sep 03, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
As Trump declares 'we're going in,' Pritzker says 'terror and cruelty is the point'
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker said he expects ICE's work in Chicago to look similar to recent federal action in Los Angeles. ICE operations are expected to begin later this week. In an Oval Office ...
Sep 02, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker, left, speaks at a Sept. 2 news conference to reporters ahead of potential military deployments in Chicago. Pictured behind him, from left to right: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Elderly man arrested after alleged fatal stabbing in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - A man has been arrested for murder after a fatal stabbing in Pekin on Tuesday. Pekin Police says officers and medical personnel responded to the area of South 14th and Hazel, arriving to...
Sep 02, 2025 (25 News)
