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PPS warns of bus delays at start of school year
PEORIA, Ill. - While Peoria Public Schools has a full staff of bus drivers for the upcoming school year, they are warning that delays are possible as new drivers learn their routes. Classes start on J...
Jul 19, 2025 Photo: Peoria Public Schools
Trump sues Wall Street Journal over Epstein report, seeks $10 billion
By Nandita Bose and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday,...
Jul 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Republican Senators, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 18, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Study: Education still pays, but barriers to upward mobility persist in Illinois
Article summary: A new study shows there are barriers to upward mobility in Illinois, especially for women and people of color. People who grow up in lower-income families tend to earn less as adults ...
Jul 19, 2025 An empty conference room is seen as the first phase of FMC Corporation employees return to work in the office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Peoria City soccer season ends in USL 2 playoffs
DES MOINES, Ia. - Peoria City's run in the United League Two national soccer playoffs is one-and-done. The Carp fell to Minneapolis City SC Friday afternoon in the Round of 32 in a penalty shoot-out i...
Jul 18, 2025 Peoria City applauds the crowd after receiving their Finalist medals after losing the USL2 National Championship match at Shea Stadium. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Cook County Dems back Croke for comptroller, no endorsement for Senate race
Article Summary The Cook County Democratic Party, one of the most powerful political organizations in the state, chose to back Rep. Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, in her bid to be the next state comptroll...
Jul 18, 2025 State Rep. Margaret Croke walks off stage after speaking to members of the Cook County Democratic Party on Friday about being slated as the party’s pick for state comptroller. Democrats in the state’s largest county ultimately chose to support her. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Blast at Los Angeles sheriff's facility kills three deputies
(Reuters) -An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility on Friday killed three deputies, the sheriff said. The explosion took place at the Biscailuz Center Academy Train...
Jul 18, 2025 An area where an explosion took place at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility is sealed off in east Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 18, 2025 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate KABC via REUTERS
Trump aides expected to seek release of Epstein grand jury documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's aides were expected on Friday to ask a court to release grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, as the president fought back against concerns over his administ...
Jul 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
UPDATE: Two arrested after South Peoria shooting Thursday night
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested after a shooting in South Peoria Thursday night. Peoria Police say a 19-year-old male was shot in the hand just after 8:45 P.M. in the area of We...
Jul 18, 2025
Two families sue Washington day care over allegations of negligence
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A civil suit in Tazewell County is bringing to light allegations of negligence, including physical abuse, at a Washington day care. Two mothers and their children filed suit Thursda...
Jul 18, 2025 Childtime Learning Center in Washington, Illinois. (25 News)
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show, calling decision financial
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Donald Trump, will en...
Jul 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Colbert arrives for the Saturday Night Live 50: The Anniversary Special at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, U.S., February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
