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East Peoria latest city to approve grocery tax to replace state tax
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria is the latest central Illinois city to implement a local one percent grocery tax. City Council on Tuesday night approved the measure, joining Pekin in approving tax to ...
Apr 02, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Rivian posts sharp fall in quarterly deliveries as soft demand weighs
(Reuters) - Rivian reported a 36% decline in first-quarter deliveries on Wednesday, as the electric-vehicle maker grapples with weak demand, sending its shares down nearly 6%. EV makers have been batt...
Apr 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election in setback for Trump, Musk
(Reuters) -Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally ...
Apr 02, 2025 Democrat-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Susan Crawford speaks after voters elected her to the state Supreme Court, at her election night headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
Trump to impose sweeping tariffs, escalating global trade tensions
WASHINGTON/DUBLIN (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, risking ...
Apr 02, 2025 A car carrier transporting vehicles made by South Korea's automaker Kia Motors which is a sister company of South Korea’s biggest automaker company Hyundai Motors travels near Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Collins: Be weather aware, as the threat of severe storms continues throughout Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Thunderstorms will come and go most of the day Wednesday, according to 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "Severe weather threats include: a couple of tornadoes, dam...
Apr 02, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Val Kilmer, star of 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' dies at 65, NYT reports
(Reuters) -Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65. Th...
Apr 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Val Kilmer attends a news conference for the film "Twixt" at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto September 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File Photo
Peoria voters stay course with mayor and council, Washington voters elect new mayor in consolidated elections
PEORIA, Ill. - Incumbents in the city of Peoria had a good night at the ballot box on Tuesday. Mayor Rita Ali won a second term over challenger, at-large councilman John Kelly, by a 60-40% vote margin...
Apr 01, 2025
Republicans projected to win two Florida special elections, boosting US House majority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican candidates are projected to win two special elections in Florida on Tuesday, according to projections by U.S. media organizations, boosting Republicans' slim majority ...
Apr 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis speaks during the "Keep Florida Free Tour" at Pepin's Hospitality Centre in Tampa, Florida, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Coroner identifies victim of Monday's deadly fire in Spring Bay
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - The Woodford County Coroner has identified the woman who died along with her dog in a fire in Spring Bay Monday. Coroner Tim Ruestman said 34-year-old Shelby Luncsford was pron...
Apr 01, 2025 A farmhouse in Spring Bay went up in flames early Monday morning. A woman died in the fire. (25 News)
Raoul says "I do not want to go to Washington," rules out bid for U.S. Senate
CHICAGO, Ill - (Capitol News Illinois) - While many Illinois Democrats wait anxiously to hear whether U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will run for reelection in 2026 or step down after five terms in the Senate,...
Apr 01, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul, left, answers questions from City Club of Chicago CEO Dan Gibbon during a luncheon appearance Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Credit: City Club of Chicago)
