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Driver of deadly crash at after-school camp is a former State Police employee
CHATHAM (Capitol News Illinois) - The driver of a vehicle involved in a deadly crash Monday at an after-school program formerly worked for the Illinois State Police, the agency investigating the crash...
Apr 30, 2025 Tracks through a farmer’s field show the path of a black Jeep that hit a building housing an after-school program in Chatham. The Jeep was driven by Marianne Akers, a former employee of the Illinois State Police. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Firefighters battle early morning fire in Peoria, two injured
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a structure fire on Alexander Avenue early Wednesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says just after 2:30 a.m., crews found heavy smoke and...
Apr 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin mourns young men killed in double homicide
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's junior football league field served as the site for a vigil Tuesday night to mourn two young men shot to death last week at a South Pekin home. Several hundred people, including ...
Apr 30, 2025 Friends and family of two young men killed in a South Pekin shooting last week were remembered Tuesday. (25 News)
Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have featured an unapologetic assault on diversity and inclusion efforts, unraveling decades-old policies to remedy historical injusti...
Apr 30, 2025 A demonstrator speaks through a megaphone during a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education, outside its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
After-school programs continue push for state aid
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation to re...
Apr 30, 2025 Susan Stanton, right, executive director of ACT Now, which advocates for after-school programs, testifies before a House committee in favor of a bill to earmark $50 million in the upcoming state budget to help fund those programs. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Two indicted for alleged connection to violent Peoria gang
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people have been indicted for their involvement with a local violent street gang. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Chavez Allen and Marshawn Smith were indicted and ...
Apr 29, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man ordered held after allegedly hijacking vehicle during test drive from Peoria auto dealer
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will remain in jail after he allegedly hijacked a vehicle during a test drive in Peoria this past weekend. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition to detain 24...
Apr 29, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Mental fitness exam ordered for man accused in South Pekin double homicide
PEKIN, Ill. - The man accused of a double homicide in South Pekin last week will undergo an exam to determine if he's mentally fit for trial. 25 News reports a detention hearing was held for 21-year-o...
Apr 29, 2025 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Trump set to ease auto tariffs burden as Lutnick touts one done foreign trade deal
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to soften the blow of his auto tariffs on Tuesday with a mix of credits and relief from other levies on materials, and his trade team to...
Apr 29, 2025 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during an even to to sign executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria man arrested after allegedly burglarizing home
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested after a burglary to a South Peoria house Monday morning. Peoria Police responded to the area of Fremont and Folkers at around 9:45 A.M. Officers observed ...
Apr 29, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
