Category Archives: Top Stories
Man sentenced after November guilty plea for numerous sexual assaults over past decade
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend decades in prison for multiple criminal sexual assault crimes. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 41-year-old Demarquis Turner was sentenced Wednesday to ...
Jan 15, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump nominee Pam Bondi vows to uphold Justice Dept independence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, vowed on Wednesday not to use the U.S. Justice Department to target people based on their politics, seeking to allay conce...
Jan 15, 2025 Pam Bondi, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, reacts on the day of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
While deficit looms in next year's budget, current-year revenues remain on track
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -Revenue returns remain on track halfway through Illinois' budget year, though it's next year that is causing concern in the Capitol. The Governor's Office of...
Jan 15, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
PPD arrests wanted man on multiple gun charges
PEORIA, Ill. - While conducting a traffic stop early Wednesday morning, Peoria Police arrested a man who had a valid warrant out for his arrest. Just before 12:30 a.m., PPD pulled the vehicle over in ...
Jan 15, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Trump State Dept nominee Rubio promises US-focused foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests at his nomination hearing on Wednesday for secretary of state under President-...
Jan 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) react during a campaign event at Dorton Arena, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Madigan leaves witness stand expressing regret for 'any time spent with Danny Solis'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After Michael Madigan spent several hours facing blistering cross-examination in his federal corruption trial, the former Illinois House speaker on Tuesday made a rar...
Jan 15, 2025 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. Attorneys for Madigan and those caught up in related corruption cases argue a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the federal bribery statute should result in the dismissal of charges or acquittal of convictions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump nominee Pam Bondi vows to end 'weaponization' of Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, vowed to end "the partisan weaponization" of the U.S. justice system if confirmed, echoing the president-elect's assertion ...
Jan 15, 2025 Pam Bondi, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, reacts on the day of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US consumer prices rise slightly above expectations in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased slightly more than expected in December amid higher costs for energy goods, pointing to still elevated inflation that aligns with the Federal Rese...
Jan 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A shopper walks down an aisle in a supermarket, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 10, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder/file photo
Biden bids farewell from Oval Office as Trump looms over his legacy
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to cement a legacy that has been overshadowed by Democrats' failure to s...
Jan 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions from the media at a briefing on the federal response to the wildfires across Los Angeles, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Peoria City Council approves measures to address short-term homeless concerns
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council took steps Tuesday night to address some of the more immediate problems and concerns in trying to handle the city's homelessness situation. The first measure saw...
Jan 14, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
