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Illinois schools prepare for immigration enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging local school districts to adopt clear policies spelling out how and when their staff should cooperate w...
Jan 23, 2025 The Illinois State Board of Education is advising local school officials to be prepared in the event federal immigration officials try to take enforcement actions on school grounds. (Highlights added)
Jury finds man guilty in Labor Day weekend 2022 shooting death of 24-year-old on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty of First Degree Murder for a 2022 Labor Day weekend fatal shooting on Peoria's South Side. 26-year-old Domincue Linwood was found guilty on Thursday for the ...
Jan 23, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Citizens get peek at proposed Washington amphitheater project
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The public received its first look at Washington's proposed amphitheater Wednesday night. An open house at Five Points showed people renderings, with city leaders on hand to answer ...
Jan 23, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
US judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order
SEATTLE (Reuters) -A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship ...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump stands after delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Two arrested in Peoria on multiple weapons and vehicle theft charges
PEORIA Ill. - One adult and one juvenile were arrested Wednesday, in Peoria, for the unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a stolen vehicle. At around 4:30pm, P-P-D's Special Invesigations Divisi...
Jan 23, 2025
PIA announces record-breaking December
PEORIA Ill. - Last month was one for the record books -- at the Peoria International Airport. According to a statement sent out today (Thursday) over 66-thousand passengers boarded and deplaned in Peo...
Jan 23, 2025 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
In closing arguments, prosecutor alleges Madigan was driven by 'power and profit'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As prosecutors began their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, they accused the longtime Democratic power...
Jan 23, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 7, 2025, after his first day of surprise testimony in his corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
Rubio to visit Panama, source says, amid Trump push to take back canal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Panama during his first overseas trip in the post, a source told Reuters on Thursday, as President Donald Trump makes a push for t...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims increase marginally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, suggesting that solid job growth likely continued in January. Initial claims...
Jan 23, 2025 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Putin growing concerned by Russia's economy, as Trump mulls more sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict, five sources ...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
