Category Archives: Top Stories
Madigan attorney urges acquittal, accusing feds of 'shoving misshapen puzzle pieces together'
CHICAGO - After watching prosecutors spend more than 10 hours over three days dissecting every element of the racketeering and bribery case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the d...
Jan 25, 2025 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan and former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo are pictured outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during Madigan’s ongoing trial. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Trump mulls scrapping FEMA, pledges disaster help to North Carolina, California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledg...
Jan 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen to a man, carrying a child, affected by Hurricane Helene, as they tour areas devastated by the hurricane to assess recovery efforts in Swannanoa, North Carolina, U.S., January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Speed believed to be a factor in fatal one-vehicle crash in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY Ill. - One man is dead following a crash earlier Friday, just outside of Chillicothe. According to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office - the crash occurred in the 4100 block of Cloverdale...
Jan 24, 2025
Pritzker announces the addition of over 5,000 publicly funded preschool seats
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS. - Over 5,000 preschool seats have opened for low-income families in Illinois through Smart Start Illinois in the past year. Smart Start Illinois is an initiative of Gov. JB Prit...
Jan 24, 2025 Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man charged after fatal hit-and-run in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One man has been charged with Failure to Report an Accident, leading to the one's death, in Peoria. According to the Peoria County State's Attorneys Office, The state's petition to detai...
Jan 24, 2025
Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the U.S. president has highlighted i...
Jan 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference following the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 28, 2024. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
ICC receives second grant from the Good Jobs Challenge program
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -Illinois Central College announced on Friday that it has received a $4.8 million grant from Round 2 of the Good Jobs Challenge. ICC is one of eight funded programs, the only institu...
Jan 24, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
Republican picked to chair Illinois House veterans committee 'overwhelmed with emotions'
For the first time in more than a decade, a Republican will chair an Illinois House committee. Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hills...
Jan 24, 2025 Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, is pictured on the Illinois House floor alongside a picture of him in military uniform. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki; Army photo provided)
Trump defense pick Hegseth narrowly survives US Senate test vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of def...
Jan 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. Defense Secretary walks with his wife Jennifer Rauchet in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Prosecutor says Madigan should've heeded 'wrong way' signs but instead pursued profit
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal prosecutors continued their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, accusing the longtime Democratic powerb...
Jan 24, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Closing arguments are underway in Madigan’s corruption trial, which this week passed the three-month mark. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
