Category Archives: Top Stories
State Police vehicle fleet will take 18 years to replace as costs rise, ISP director says
Article Summary More than 1,000 Illinois State Police vehicles have passed the threshold for replacement, but current funding levels mean it will take 18 years to replace them all, Director Brenden Ke...
Apr 01, 2026 An Illinois State Police car is pictured outside the Illinois Capitol in Springfield during an event in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US retail sales strong in February; rising gasoline prices will hurt spending
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased by the most in seven months in February as motor vehicle purchases rebounded and temperatures warmed up, but surging gasoline prices because...
Apr 01, 2026 People walk at a Walmart store in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump order to restrict birthright citizenship
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - With President Donald Trump present, U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Wednesday toward the legality of his directive to restrict bir...
Apr 01, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House, en route to the U.S. Supreme Court, to attend oral arguments on the legality of his administration's effort to limit birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump says US may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO, as oil crisis escalates
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday, hou...
Apr 01, 2026 Emergency personnel operate around a destroyed car following a targeted Israeli strike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Peoria County Sheriff's Office Launches Local NIBIN Program
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Thanks to a $372,000 grant, the Peoria County Sheriff's Office now has advanced ballistic testing equipment of its own. The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIB...
Apr 01, 2026 Peoria County Sheriff's Office has a new Bullet Trap Box that is part of their National Integrated Ballistic Information Network system. (Peoria Co. Sheriff's Office)
Golf-Woods stepping away for treatment after DUI arrest, will miss Masters
By Frank Pingue March 31 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment and focus on his health after pleading not guilty to DUI charges stemming from his rollover crash...
Apr 01, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 14, 2024 Tiger Woods of the U.S. acknowledges the crowd on the green on the 18th hole after completing his final round REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in half a century
By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. spa...
Apr 01, 2026 NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Coroner: Autopsy and X-rays will be done on skeletal remains found Tuesday
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of skeletal remains in a wooded area of southwest Peoria late Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff Chris Watkins said deputies receiv...
Apr 01, 2026 Unidentified skeletal remains were found in SW Peoria Tuesday afternoon in the area of S. Crest Drive and W. Hill Street. (25 News)
Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that would direct his administration to create a list o...
Mar 31, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump attends to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
5th person arrested and charged for alleged role in robbery of teenager in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A 5th person has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in the armed robbery of a teenager last November in Peoria's East Bluff. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says...
Mar 31, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
