Category Archives: Top Stories
Downtown Peoria will be filled with runners Saturday for the 51st Steamboat Classic
PEORIA, Ill. - The 51st Steamboat Classic gets underway Saturday at 7 a.m. in downtown Peoria. Race Director Adam White says between spectators and race participants, they expect between 4,000 and 5,0...
Jun 13, 2025 Racers lined up to start the Steamboat Classic races in downtown Peoria. (Steamboat Classic Facebook)
Trump urges Iran to make deal after Israel blasts nuclear and military targets
JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel launched large-scale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it had attacked nuclear facilities and missile factories and killed a swathe of military comman...
Jun 13, 2025 People gather near damaged vehicles in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Illinois license plate cameras used illegally by out-of-state police, Giannoulias says
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The state of Illinois is investigating an automatic license plate reader system used in a northwest suburb after a Texas sheriff accessed the system to look for a wom...
Jun 13, 2025 Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias speaks at an event in Springfield on May 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Air India crash survivor says he escaped through broken emergency exit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people said he walked out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in th...
Jun 13, 2025 A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Pritzker defends Illinois' immigration laws in theatrical congressional hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois' immigration policies as he was peppered with questions from members of the...
Jun 12, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Pritzker and two other Democratic governors were summoned to address the committee about “sanctuary state” policies. (Screenshot from U.S. House Oversight Committee livestream)
US House passes Trump cuts of $9.4 billion for foreign aid, broadcasting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly passed President Donald Trump's request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, sending t...
Jun 12, 2025 People look the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Democratic US Senator Padilla forced to ground, handcuffed by security agents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was shoved out of a room, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a Thursday press conference b...
Jun 12, 2025 U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who interrupted the press conference held by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, is removed from the venue, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
Raoul's office to receive $15.7M budget increase for operations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers this year approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4%, for ge...
Jun 12, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul talks with new Republican state Sen. Darby Hills, of Barrington Hills, on the Senate floor on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Sex offender arrested after alleged sexual assault at East Peoria gym
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A registered sex offender from Pekin has been arrested after allegedly entering a woman's vehicle in East Peoria and sexually assaulting her. East Peoria Police say 35-year-old Rya...
Jun 12, 2025 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Power washing scam suspect identified by Peoria County Sheriff's Office
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect who is allegedly behind a power washing scam in the county. The office says Stanley Dais is believed to be driving i...
Jun 12, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
