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Local Red Cross volunteer deploying to Hawaii on Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - With thousands displaced and some fires still raging, the American Red Cross is sending out volunteers to Hawaii islands impacted by devastating wildfires. Steve Hilgers of Mason City g...
Julia Bradley Aug 12, 2023 (25 News via Zoom)
Residents escape apartment fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to an apartment complex near Knoxville and Lake early Saturday morning in Peoria, on reports of smoke in the building. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander sa...
Julia Bradley Aug 12, 2023 D4E / CC
Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings
MAALAEA, Hawaii (Reuters) -The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how th...
Julia Bradley Aug 12, 2023 A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023. Erin Hawk/Handout via REUTERS
Gov. Pritzker vetoes bill that would have allowed new nuclear construction
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday vetoed a bill that would have lifted a 1980s moratorium on the construction of new nuclear reactors. The passed in May with three-fifths majorities...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, watches on May 19 as the Senate votes on her bill lifting the state’s moratorium on nuclear plant construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Doctor charged with recording female employees of OSF St. Francis in a bathroom
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested on charges accusing him of secretly recording people in an employee bathroom at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S judge on Friday revoked Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, after finding probable cause that the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange tampere...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Reactions to appointment of a US special counsel in Hunter Biden case
UPDATED 2:45 P.M. (Reuters) -Here are some reactions to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment on Friday of David Weiss as a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden's s...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
'No cell phone, no email': Ex-FBI agent testifies Madigan relied on 'tight inner circle'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was elevated to that powerful position in 1983 - the same year Motorola launched the first-ever commercially available...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff for longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. He is standing trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Hunter Biden likely to face trial as US special counsel named
UPDATED 12:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached impasse, the newly named U.S. S...
Will Stevenson Aug 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: State legislative leaders react to Illinois Supreme Court upholding constitutionality of assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J.B. Pritzker says he is "pleased" with the Illinois Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the state's assault weapons ban. The 4-3 ruling on Friday upholds the...
TJ Carson Aug 11, 2023 (State of Illinois)
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