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Juvenile in custody after alleged Peoria business burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with an alleged business burglary in Peoria. Peoria police say officers responded to a business alarm in the 3300 block of N. Sterling ...
Apr 12, 2025 Midwest Communications
Denise Moore picked to lead PCCEO
PEORIA, Ill. - A familiar face is set to lead the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. On Friday, leaders of the PCCEO announced that Denise Moore will be the agency's next CEO. The org...
Apr 12, 2025 Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity building. (25 News)
White House proposes to eliminate NOAA climate research in budget proposal
(Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change, and refocus the U.S. ...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The logo of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seen behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as he talks to the media during a news conference as Hurricane Dorian approaches the state, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, U.S. August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
US consumer sentiment tanks; inflation expectations surge amid tariff woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions that h...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Produce is displayed at Eastern Market in Washington, U.S., August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
FBI mole told Sen. Emil Jones III to suggest 'creative' way to accept $5K lest it 'look goofy'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- By the time FBI agents came knocking at Omar Maani's door on a January morning in 2018, the red-light camera entrepreneur had spent at least the last decade and a half...
Apr 11, 2025 The government’s star witness, red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-FBI mole Omar Maani, finished testimony Thursday in State Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, pictured in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams.
Congressmen applaud decision to keep Peoria's Mail Processing and Distribution Center up and running
PEORIA, Ill. - Congressmen Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) on Friday released a joint statement in response to the United States Postal Service's recent decision that originating mail p...
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Backlash over the idea of a paid Bartonville Fire Department
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Talk about replacing volunteer firefighters with paid employees has sparked an eruption of emotions throughout the Village of Bartonville. For more than a century, the Bartonville ...
Apr 11, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Mike Sabol)
US immigration judge to decide whether Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, Louisiana (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia Uni...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Senate OKs police hiring reform, Sangamon County recall in response to Sonya Massey's death
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office came under intense scrutiny after an unarmed Black woman was shot and killed by a deputy in her Springfield home in July 2024...
Apr 11, 2025 Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, speaks on the Senate floor on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday, setting a deadline for an answer ...
Apr 11, 2025 U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum attend a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
