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Illinois' community colleges see nearly 9% spike in spring enrollment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Enrollment at Illinois community colleges grew to more than 285,000 in the spring semester this year, an 8.9% increase over a year ago and the largest sprin...
Mar 18, 2025 The spring 2025 enrollment report shows enrollment at community colleges in Illinois grew at a record pace compared to a year ago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Insurance company seeking damages from estate of former WTVP CEO, former finance director
PEORIA, Ill. - A lawsuit has been filed in Peoria County against the estate of WTVP's former CEO and former finance director. WTVP's insurance company, Cincinnati Insurance, is suing the estate of the...
Mar 18, 2025 (25 News)
Trump administration defends deportations as Chief Justice slams impeachment call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday defended the deportation of Venezuelans after a judge temporarily banned removing people from the United States under an 18th-century law, as...
Mar 18, 2025 Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump, Putin agree to seek 30-day halt on Russia-Ukraine energy facility strikes
UPDATED 1:19 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Tuesday to seek a limited 30-day ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets...
Mar 18, 2025 Artist Alexei Sergienko walks towards his painting “Peace to the world" showing a combination of faces of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, at the Sergienko gallery in Saint Petersburg, Russia March 17, 2025. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
Teenagers charged with murder in connection to Wood Sage Apartments fatal shooting ordered held
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers charged in connection with a shooting death at the Wood Sage Apartments last November will remain in custody until trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says ...
Mar 18, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Heights woman identified as victim found in Illinois River in Bartonville on Monday
UPDATED 3/19 2:16 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The identity of the body found in the Illinois River on Monday has been released. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim is 24-year-old Alexsu...
Mar 18, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
Goodwill of Central IL's Don Johnson announces retirement
PEORIA, Ill. - Goodwill of Central Illinois' President and CEO Don Johnson is retiring. Johnson has been with the non-profit since 2016, following years with the Heart of Illinois United Way and the H...
Mar 18, 2025 Don Johnson of Goodwill Industries has announced he is retiring.
(1470 & 100.3 WMBD - Julia Bradley)
NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out space station stay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine...
Mar 18, 2025 Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, wave at the hatch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule before closing the hatch in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth March 17, 2025 in this still image taken from video. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
East Peoria teen charged with attempted murder for Christmas 2023 incident
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A teenager is charged with attempted murder for allegedly firing gunshots in East Peoria early Christmas morning in 2023. Shell casings were found in the driveway, and multiple...
Mar 18, 2025 Christopher Humes mugshot from Tazewell County Jail (Courtesy of 25 News).
Israeli strikes kill over 400 in Gaza, say Palestinians, threatening total truce collapse
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as...
Mar 18, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
