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Under bill, state highway cameras could be used to investigate human trafficking
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill passed in this year's legislative session would rewrite the definition of a "forcible felony" to allow Illinois State Police to use images obtained from au...
Jun 09, 2025 A bill passed by lawmakers would add to the crimes that highway camera images could be used to investigate. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Israeli forces seize Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
JERUSALEM/ASHDOD (Reuters) -Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel carrying Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, which had tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on Monday. ...
Jun 09, 2025 A surveillance footage shows crew of the Gaza-bound British-flagged yacht "Madleen", put their hands up as strong light came into the vessel, in this screengrab from a video released on June 9, 2025. Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Handout via REUTERS
Los Angeles police order immigration protesters in downtown to go home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of violence hit demonstrations ag...
Jun 09, 2025 Police face off with demonstrators during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Fire displaces one person Sunday evening in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire crews in Peoria were called to a working structure fire on W. Ridge Road, near N. Sheridan Road Sunday evening. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said when they arrived around 6:20...
Jun 09, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up a bit, as summer price cycling takes effect
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up 4.6 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 3.9 cents...
Jun 09, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: Woman charged after crash into Central Peoria restaurant
UPDATED 4:12 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A woman has been charged after allegedly crashing her vehicle into a Central Peoria business Sunday night. The crash occurred just after 8:15 P.M., where a vehicle cra...
Jun 09, 2025
A vehicle crashed into Sharkey's Fish and Chicken at the coroner of N. Sterling and W. Forrest Hill in Central Peoria on Sunday. (25 News)
Coroner identifies woman killed Friday in Peoria Heights crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County coroner has identified the 30-year-old Chillicothe woman killed in a head-on crash Friday morning in Peoria Heights. In a statement on Facebook, Coroner Jamie H...
Jun 09, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
One person with "significant" burns after apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - One resident was transported to a local hospital following an apartment fire in Peoria. Firefighters were dispatched to Peoria North Apartments near Lake Avenue and Knollridge Lane arou...
Jun 08, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Daytime lane closures on Northmoor Road begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Ongoing construction of the new Peoria Fire Station 16 will result in a change in traffic patterns on Northmoor Road. Intermittent daytime lane closures on Northmoor near Hamilton Road ...
Jun 08, 2025 Photo: City of Peoria
Trump's travel ban on 12 countries goes into effect early Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States goes into effect at 12:01 am ET (0401 GMT) on Monday, a move the president promul...
Jun 08, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Jersey, U.S., June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
