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Man sentenced to prison for role in fatal Peoria crash in February 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was given the maximum sentence for a fatal crash in February of last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 53-year-old Vanda Terrell was sentenced to 14 ye...
Apr 30, 2025 Vanda Terrell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
With 1 month left in session, lawmakers near deal on public transit reform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers apparently are close to a deal to resolve one of Springfield's most hotly contested issues this session: transit reform. Public transit agencies i...
Apr 30, 2025 A Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train heads south from the Addison station on Chicago’s north side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze
JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, following through on a promise to defend the minor...
Apr 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Armed Druze men stand at a checkpoint in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus, Syria April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Technology park set to come to Pekin after council fully buys Lutticken Farm property
PEKIN, Ill. - A "turning point" for Pekin was approved on Monday. That's the phrasing from Economic Development Director Joshua Wray, upon two items approved by the city council. Council first approve...
Apr 30, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Supreme Court conservatives signal support for milestone religious charter school
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Wednesday toward a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded reli...
Apr 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A person walks past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Washington's police chief announces retirement
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington's police chief will be calling it a career. Mike McCoy announced Wednesday that he will be retiring on Monday, May 5th. McCoy served as Washington's Chief of Police for t...
Apr 30, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
US Senate to vote on bill to rein in Trump tariffs as economy contracts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to vote on a resolution to block a host of President Donald Trump's tariffs, hours after the federal government reported that the nation's...
Apr 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks, as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
IHSA small school baseball state finals moving to Champaign for at least one year
PEORIA/CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A schedule conflict is sending the high school baseball state finals away from Peoria. The Illinois High School Association says the Class 1A and 2A finals are moving to Illin...
Apr 30, 2025 (Illinois High School Association)
Trump's 100 days: Pritzker calls for mass mobilization as he grows his national profile
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - President Donald Trump marked the 100th day of his second term on Tuesday as Gov. JB Pritzker has spent the week calling on Americans to pressure congressio...
Apr 30, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a fundraiser for the New Hampshire Democratic Party on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Photo provided by Pritzker campaign)
Caterpillar misses first-quarter estimates, flags tariff hit to annual sales
(Reuters) - Caterpillar on Wednesday reported lower-than-expected first-quarter results on weak construction equipment demand and outlined two scenarios for its annual sales forecast, one of which inc...
Apr 30, 2025 The company logo for Caterpillar is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
